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August 13, 2021

The iconic OK Hotel is on the block, grunge history included

By BRIAN MILLER
Real Estate Editor

Photo by Brian Miller [enlarge]
The OK Hotel, with Smith Tower peeking above, is flanked by the Compass Center shelter and Seattle Truck Law building.

Bridget Fonda and Matt Dillon met there for a date, in the 1992 grunge-com Singles. Unlike Dillon's fictitious band Citizen Dick, real bands that played there included — take a deep breath — Nirvana, Screaming Trees, Tad, Mother Love Bone, The U-Men, Green River, Soundgarden and Bikini Kill.


 
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