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Natalie Bicknell Argerious

Natalie Bicknell Argerious
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Natalie Bicknell Argerious (she/her) is a reporter and podcast host at The Urbanist. She previously served as managing editor. A passionate urban explorer since childhood, she loves learning how to make cities more inclusive, vibrant, and environmentally resilient. You can often find her wandering around Seattle's Central District and Capitol Hill with her dogs and cat. Email her at natalie [at] theurbanist [dot] org.
Four residents sit in a L couch in a lounge well-lit by natural light.
A new study found co-living congregate housing could spur conversions of vacant offices, which are much costlier to convert to conventional housing. It could also return Seattle to its affordable single-room occupancy roots.
The Urbanist interviewed the author of a new book called "On the Housing Crisis," which delves into exclusionary land use and the political dysfunction keeping it in place.
A Black woman crosses in a crosswalk in a very wide busy road as a semi truck zooms by.
A new report analyzed traffic safety data, finding that the U.S. recently reached a 40-year high for pedestrian deaths. Pedestrian fatality rates vary widely across the country, with Seattle ranked 64 highest out of 101 metros studied.
Ambitious development is taking Washington State’s most overlooked city from 'Vantucky' backwater to hip. A few years ago an Urbanist reader approached me at a meetup and offered a story tip. Sleepy Vancouver, Washington on the Columbia River across the stateline from Portland, Oregon, was beginning to wake up.  “You have...
On Thursday, November 9th, the U District Partnership, the Lid I-5 campaign, and the UW Scan Design Master Studio will be hosting a community vision workshop focused on lidding Interstate 5 between NE 45th and NE 50th Streets. People of all walks of life are encouraged to come out...
Aerial view of downtown buildings with rendering of a park lid over the highway.
Councilmember Nelson abstained, citing cost worries On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council passed a resolution supporting the development of freeway lids in the city. Passage of Resolution 32100 marks an important moment in the growing movement to reconnect neighborhoods that have been divided by freeways in Seattle. It also arrives...
A sign reads Night Out street closed with people gathered behind it socializing.
38 million people are expected to participate this year in cities nationwide. This Tuesday people might notice something special going on where they live. As part of National Night Out, neighbors will be gathering for block parties in cities across the U.S. on August 1. According to the Seattle Police...
Existing housing separated by a sidewalk from a large construction site with crane.
FAME Housing is building an affordable housing development like no other in Seattle's Central District For over 50 years, Bryant Manor has provided affordable housing to families in an amenity-rich location in Seattle’s Central District. Part of First A.M.E. Housing Association (FAME Housing), Bryant Manor is a significant site for...