"When I walked the streets of my old neighborhood during that October (1992) visit, it was magic. He visited the school in 2010 and made a $7,500-a-year, five-year commitment to keep printing its newspaper. He also served as student council president, according to the school's website.
While a student at the school (known as Steinmetz High School when he graduated in 1944), Hefner founded a school paper, wrote and drew cartoons. Steinmetz College Prep, Hefner's high school The closest busy street to us was Grand Avenue, which led straight into the heart of the city." "I had a very happy and very inventive childhood in my old Chicago neighborhood on the Northwest Side, between Oak Park Avenue and Harlem. In the February 1994 Chicago Tribune magazine, Hefner reflected on his time growing up on the city's Northwest Side and on the details of a visit he made there in October 1992. Hefner's childhood homeĪs a boy, Hefner published a typewritten newspaper and sold copies for a penny each in his childhood neighborhood. That's the spark Playboy creator Hugh Hefner needed to complete his vision for a gentleman's publication, which he hoped would have mass appeal - not just for its provocative photos - but also its witty, thought-provoking articles. All it took was the purchase of a Marilyn Monroe photo from a suburban Chicago calendar company.
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