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.
The Puget Sound Regional Council adopted a Regional Housing Strategy which could have a big impact on housing growth -- if cities and counties follow through.
In this installment of housing notes, the Seattle metro region emerges as a nationwide leader in building multi-family housing, the Puget Sound Regional Council...
The tragic military attack on Ukraine by Russia has upended the world, making us think differently about things we took for granted even a couple weeks ago. But the new tension and uncertainty we are experiencing is something that influenced government policies in the United States for 40 years....
However, it's not too late to let Washington lawmakers know they should restore the bill to its original intention.
Last night the Senate Ways and Means committee advanced House Bill 1099, but, as they did, they gutted much of the climate-focused bill. Earlier versions had aimed to add a climate...
In this latest podcast episode, reporter Ray Dubicki and I discuss a notable housing trend in Seattle, the conversion of big-box Safeway grocery stores to mixed-units developments creating hundreds of units of new housing. My recent article on the 734 homes proposed at the site of the University Village...
Update - the Washington State Senate passed HB 1769 without any amendments, so the legislation will advance for Governor Jay Inslee's signature. Read on to learn more about how the community councils have operated, and in particular, what it was like to be a fly-on-the-wall at what will likely...
In the latest episode of The Urbanist's podcast, reporter Ray Dubicki and I talk about what's going on these days in Downtown Seattle. Ray recently toured some friend guests from LA around Downtown, and he shares what it was like to experience Downtown from an out-of-towner's perspective in a...
As one of the few places in Seattle where industry rubs elbows with homes and small businesses, Georgetown is one of city's most distinctive neighborhoods, a place for makers -- people who dream up, design, build, and fix things. The neighborhood has long attracted people drawn to its industrial...
Details are emerging on plans to replace the suburban-style Safeway grocery story adjacent to University Village Mall with an eight-story mixed-use development. The plans follow projects in the works to restyle Safeway stores in other urban Seattle locations, notably Queen Anne and Capitol Hill.
Early Design Guidance (EDG) plans...