Natalie Bicknell Argerious
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.
In this podcast, reporter Ray Dubicki and I dive into the Harrell administration's new homelessness data tracker. We assess how well it is fulfilling its purported role of increasing communication and transparency around this pressing and difficult issue with the, and we discuss some of the context around its...
Situated on the central west coast of France, La Rochelle is one of the country's most popular domestic tourist destinations because of its proximity to Île de de Ré and Île de Oléron, islands best known for their windswept beaches, sea salt production, and pajama-wearing donkeys. However, La Rochelle...
In this episode, I call in from Nantes, France, to chat with reporter Ray Dubicki about my current trip to Europe. We discuss all kinds of urbanist topics like multimodal transportation, public spaces, how all cities -- even walkable European ones -- come head to head with bad planning...
Walkability and wineries are transforming this bedroom community into a suburb with a distinctive vibe.
Few suburbs in the Seattle metro area are as difficult to pin down as Woodinville. In recent years, the City of Woodinville has largely succeeded in recasting its image from that of a sleepy bedroom...
If you follow housing politics, you've probably heard of the term YIMBY (a.k.a. yes in my backyard), but do you know what differentiates the YIMBY movement in Washington State versus elsewhere in the country?
In this podcast episode, I spoke with reporter Ryan Packer, who traveled to Portland, Oregon...
The Housing Development Consortium (HDC), a prominent player in affordable housing creation in the Seattle region, has come out against proposed ballot Initiative 135, which seeks to create a public development authority to build and maintain social housing in Seattle. In a statement published on April 27th on its...
People love to talk about food, read about food, and -- we hope -- listen to podcasts about food too! In this episode, reporter Ray Dubicki and I kick things off with his article on whether or not Seattle has become a $20 lunch town, dissect the causes and...
Seattle is in the midst of preparing for a major updated to its Comprehensive Plan, the document that will guide the city's growth and development through 2035. The significance of what policies will be included in this update has spurred some Seattleites into action, and among them is Ari...