Too funny. My friend and I have walked by it several times, always commenting on how ugly and out of place this building is. I thought it looked like something you'd see in a Dallas suburb. Truly awful.

I live down the street from the Bellagio, and couldn’t pass up an opportunity to visit it when they were first selling. (Looking at apartments is my version of my dad’s favorite pastime, looking at new cars on the lots.) I took a tour, examining some of the better apartments (I can totally pass for serious wealth when I need.)

I asked the rep if the building was inspired by the Las Vegas hotel. She said no, that it was inspired by “the developers deep feelings for Italy.” I asked, “What does the developer have against Italy?”

And, for the record, I don’t think this is the ugliest building in Seattle, or even on Bellevue Ave E. There’s a pink and yellow monstrosity further south that gets my vote. But this building is the most immoral, unethical, inauthentic — in a word, the worst. This building is a lie. Anyone with bad taste enough to live there needs help.

Anything that isn't a breadloaf/shoebox building gets an automatic pass in my class.

Why the hate? You want more bland shoebox condos? More townhouses?

I'm so confused.

What? You're kidding me. Even with all of the non-descript cookie cutter 1970's construction condo's within walking distance of this building, you pick this one as the worst building in all of Seattle. You must have some other motive for posting this, Jen. There are so many uglier buildings on Capitol Hill, Bellevue Ave., for that matter. The Hillsborough at 740 Bellevue Ave. E., directly across the street from the Bellagio is way uglier. Go a couple of blocks south and you will find more examples of hideous-ness. Somethings up, you're not making sense.

Another monument to the abilities of the Capitol Hill Design Review Board.