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.
Washington could follow in the example of Oregon and California by chipping away at the predominance of single-family zoning across the state with new proposed legislation, House Bill 1782 and companion Senate Bill 5670.
"It’s time for Washington to lift bans that prevent the construction of modest home choices like...
It's always been fashionable to complain. Complaining is often easy and it can be cathartic too. But since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, at times it can feel inappropriate to do anything but complain. Maybe like me you've censored yourself when you have something positive to share because...
From the viewpoint of an editor, it's clear that many articles do not end up receiving the attention they deserve the first time around. The internet can be a mysterious place when it comes to readership, and sometimes articles that feel very important end up getting lost in its...
Qualifying something as the "best" simply because it is the most popular is an idea that I've always pushed back against. But as I scoured through The Urbanist's articles from the past year, a simple truth hit me. Far too many articles and opinion pieces that I wanted to...
Paris is already home to its famed Métro, which holds the honor of being the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow. But an ambitious expansion project called the Grand Paris Express will double both the reach and ridership of the Parisian Métro within the next decade. After...
Freezing temperatures and snow are headed to Western Washington, where moss and drizzle are more common winter sights than snow drifts. During the week between Christmas and New Year's, meteorologists predict we may see the coldest temperatures in a decade -- with nighttime lows sinking into the 20s or...
This month, King County announced roughly 45,300 residents experienced homelessness at some point during 2019, while in 2020, the number dipped slightly to 40,800 people. The revised figures are from a new integrated reporting system that the County considers far more accurate than its predecessor.
The statistics paint a...
This article was updated on 12/22/21 to reflect the exact language in Initiative 42, which states that when taking park land, the City of Seattle "shall at the same time or before receive in exchange land or a facility of equivalent or better size, value, location and usefulness in the...