Should Playboy Mansion be historical monument?

The Playboy Mansion could become a Los Angeles historical and cultural monument.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Playboy Mansion could become a Los Angeles historical and cultural monument.

A Los Angeles City Council member made the motion at a Tuesday meeting seeking the designation.
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Hugh Hefner lived in the legendary Holmby Hills home from 1971 until his death in late September.

The property is currently owned by Hefner's neighbor, billionaire businessman Daren Metropoulos.

Making the iconic mansion a historic-cultural monument would limit changes to the property and prevent it from being demolished without review.
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The 20,000-square-foot mansion was built in 1927 and would first have to be recommended for monument status by the Cultural Heritage Commission and the Planning and Land Use Management Committee before coming to the full City Council for approval.

Hugh Hefner through the years

Hugh Hefner and his girlfriend Barbara Benton, 19-year-old coed turned actress, are surrounded by Bunny Girls at the Playboy Club in London on Sept. 5, 1969.AP

Playing at having fun, Hugh Hefner rescues one of the swimmers in the indoor pool of his $400,000 apartment, June 20, 1961, Chicago.AP

Publisher Hugh Hefner looks over proof sheets for his magazine Playboy, in Chicago, on June 20, 1961.AP

In March 1970, Hugh Hefner and girlfriend Barbi Benton, center, are served by a Playboy Club bunny upon their arrival aboard the Big Bunny, Heffner's jet, in New York.AP

Hugh Hefner poses with current and former Playboy bunnies at the Playboy Club, June 25, 1986, in Los Angeles.AP

Hugh Hefner appears with Pamela Anderson and some of his girlfriends before the New York Friars Club Roast on Sept. 29, 2001.AP

Hugh Hefner poses with seven Playboy playmates at the 43rd annual Grammy Awards, Feb. 21, 2001, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.AP

Singer Lil' Kim and Hugh Hefner kiss for the cameras at the Warner Music Group's post Grammy party, Feb. 27, 2002, at Mondrian's Skybar in Hollywood.AP