The Bunny Years

July, 2010

The Bunny yearsFifty years ago Hugh Hefner created a brick-and-mortar version of his magazine. In so doing, he changed the worldFIFTY YEARS AGO HUGH HEFNERCREATED A BRICK-AND-MORTARVERSION OF HIS MAGAZINE. IN SODOING, HE CHANGED THE WORLDBEGINNINGXVT^L W / hen the first Playboy ^/m/ Club opened on Febru-V T ary 29, 1960 on Chi­cago's Walton Street, there was an almost immediate sense that some­thing momentous was happening, some kind of cultural milestone.As humorist Art Buchwald put it, "N...