Tours | Categories (New, Hot) | Map
Alcohol - Ancient - Animal - Architecture - Art - Aviation - Boxing - Celebrity - Charity - Children - Church - Cinema - Comedy - Crime - Dance - Death - Disaster - Drugs - Fashion - Food - Gambling - Ghost - Grave - Health - Historical - Industry - Justice - LGBT - Literary - Look Up - Medical - Military - Motoring - Murder - Museum - Music - Nature - Naval - Paranormal - Pioneer - Poetry - Police - Politics - Pub - Public Amenities - Quirky - Religion - Retail - Ripper - River - Royalty - Science - Sculpture - Sex - Signs - Society - Sport - Subterranean - Technology - Theatre - Train - Transport - Tube - TV - Weather -
Contact Us
IN THE NEWS
TOUR OF THE MONTH
ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
17th February 1938 1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV (London)
17th February 1896 London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective
17th February 1883 A Ashwell patents free-toilet in London
17th February 1740 The end of the great frost, freezing of the Thames and a terrible Winter
45 Park Lane and Hefner
The hotel on the site of the first Playboy Club in Europe.
Location: 45 Park Lane, Mayfair
Description: This newly opened new mini-Dorchester hotel was designed by French hotel architect Thierry W. Despont. It's a modern art deco classic.
It's more famous for what was here before though - Hugh Hefner opened his first European Playboy Club (the casino opened right in 1981) right here. In it's heydey in the 1980's it saw Michael Caine, Joan Collins, Jack Nicholson, George Best and Muhammed Ali cross it's threshold. At the time the casino was reputedly the most profitable casino in the world.
Celebrity
Ranking This Month: 1397/2790
Pages Hit This Month: 36
Link to This Page: http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location/2313
|
The hotel on the site of the first Playboy Club in Europe. |
The Shady Old Lady points out that you can drag this map using mouse. Or visit our full massive map.
The Sights of Soho», 0.9km
45 Park Lane and Hefner», 0km
Harris's List: Miss Ross», 0.5km
Harris's List: Miss Hindes», 1.0km
Rio's Naturist Club», 2.9km
Mother Clap's Molly House», 2.1km
Harris's List: Miss Townsend», 1.1km
Hooper's Hotel», 1.0km
Christine Keeler lived here», 0.7km
Feeling Honourable?», 1.7km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
