Celeb Spotting
Possibly the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan’s 29,000-square-foot estate near Chicago features a basketball court (of course) as well as a tennis court and putting green. Loads more info and pictures here.
Bill Gates’ 40,000-square-foot mansion in Washington is a constantly requested sight, but is in fact quite boring to look at from above (apparently it’s mostly underground). Loads more info and pictures here.
George Foreman’s Texas home is still being constructed in the satellite photo, but he’s so proud of the finished building that he’s put his name on it. The large building on the East side is the 64 car garage.
Muhammad Ali’s Michigan home is currently for sale but for your $3,200,000 you only get a measly 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. However, the 81 acre plot does feature a gymnasium, steam room, tennis & basketball courts and full size boxing ring. More pictures on the Real Estate listing.
The Californian coastline mansion with a tear shaped swimming pool is home to Barbara Streisand who famously tried to sue an aerial photography website which featured her house in the middle of 12,000 photos of coastline (she lost the case). Loads more information and the offending photo here.
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Really cool! I always thought Bill Gates house was much bigger.
The moral esp. re. Jordan and Gates homes - money cannot buy you taste. Bad taste - only bigger.
I appreciate Ali’s house in Michigan. Beautiful, small home–but lots of land for recreation. nice!
That’s funny about Streisand. I went to Pepperdine which is about two miles to the east of her house. Pepperdine had built a beatiful clock tower which, when lit up is the shape of a tall, thin cross. She sued Pepperdine because of the tower, saying it was spewing religon upon the public. She won, and the tower doesn’t light up now, with the exception of 9-11. You can see it here:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
I must insist that you take this link off of your site or I will be forced to sing you to death.
California Coastline is doing a great public service, even if the litigious Babs doesn’t like it. It’s a travesty what Todd reports. Anyway, George Foreman’s place while big is in one of the swampiest, most mosquito infested parts of Harris county (which is saying something believe me).
It is interesting to note that Michael Jordan’s house, which he could have built just about anywhere, is located less than 250 feet from a busy railroad line.
Wow Bill’s mansion house is the best its huge very elegant i want to get one of those lols.
Peter:
I think that’s how they deliver his cash.
Here is a bird’s eye view using Windows Live Local:
http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=47.626155~-122.242987&style=o&lvl=2&scene=3695359&sp=adr.N%2073rd%20St%2c%20Seattle%2c%20WA%2098103
More pictures and aerial view of the Bill Gates house
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/05/inside-bill-gates-home.html
That is so cool, must be unbelieveable to have so much money that you don’t know what to do with it.
This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title Google Sightseeing. Thanks for informative article