The Rotting Apple

The Forthcoming Closure of Red Apple, One of Seattle's Few Black-Loved Supermarketsby Charles MudedeGentrification is never a simple matter. You can argue that it simply removes poor people from a neighborhood and replaces them with those in the middle and upper classes. But the process itself is often motivated by good intentions or progressive ideas.The future plans of the Promenade 23 shopping center, located on 23rd Avenue and South Jackson Street, offer an excellent example of such good int