Lake Washington 130 Homes

by David C. Dykstra

Lake Washington 130 Homes is A Guided Tour of The Lake's Most Magnificent Mansions Easy to follow maps - Photos of each home - Values and statistics - Residents' Information - The Homes Present or Past, of Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Craig McCaw, Barry Ackerley, Howard Schultz, Mike Holmgren, Detlef Schrempf, Rashard Lewis + 100 more multimillionaires. Glacial carved Lake Washington is the most beautiful large lake in the center of a major metropolitan area. Billionaire row covers 15 miles of Lake Washington s eastside waterfront with Microsoft billionaires at each end and in the middle. Paul Allen lives at the south end on Mercer Island, Steve Ballmer lives at the northeast end in Hunts Point and Bill Gates lives in the middle in Medina. Based on Forbes 2009 list of The 400 Richest Americans, all of Washington state's richest of the rich live here. Unlike most tours of the stars homes, the prime side of these mansions can be viewed from the water where they were photographed by Dykstra. From the Mercer Island ''David Dykstra has published a truly unique book. The first of its kind, Dykstra recently completed 'Lake Washington 130 Homes,' a guide book to the lakeside mansions of the illustrious. Dykstra s guide book is not just a 'map to the stars' for Lake Washington; it s a document of history, geography and commercial industry.''

Genres: Nonfiction

184 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[E]

This book is hilarious. A must if you have (or rent like us) a boat on Lake Union. An on point "guide to the stars" or really "how to get the skinny on your neighbors" if you live in Seattle. Makes any day on a boat on the Lake extra fun. If you are not on a boat on the lake- the book is boring and a waste of time.

[Shayne]

Mildly interesting, and a fair book for Lake Washington lookie-loos. I lost interest partway through, but learned that there is apparently a fair contingent of society folk that live on the lake. And that houses can be way too expensive.

[Salsabrarian]

Isn't it interesting that rich people's houses have more bathrooms than bedrooms? Hmmm....