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.
Already the destination for many transit riders, the U District Station offers the most reasons to visit for light rail riders on its opening, October 2nd. Food and retail are easily more numerous and diverse in the U District when compared to Northgate and Roosevelt. The source of overwhelming...
It isn't every day that a city welcomes three new light rail stations that will provide thousands of people easy access to the magic of mass transit. The Northgate Link light rail expansion is a major achievement, and it deserves to be celebrated in a big way. To mark...
On Monday, the Seattle City Council had a busy -- and consequential -- day of voting on council bills related to renters' rights in the face of steep rent increases. The Council also voted on an ordinance related to density bonuses for religious institutions building affordable housing. By the...
With its official launch, the Seattle Solidarity Budget coalition seeks to influence decision making over the 2022 City of Seattle Budget.
This weekend marks the launch of Seattle's Solidarity Budget. Now in its second year, the coalition behind the effort is getting word out in advance of the release...
This afternoon, City staff will brief the Seattle City Council on tree canopy protections and perhaps finally chart a way forward on a policy area that has long been stalled out, even after a proposal emerged in 2018. The presentation will provide an overview of the City's Urban Forest...
After opening to the public on October 2nd, the U District Link light rail station is expected to receive the lion's share of the 50,000 daily riders that the three new stations on the Northgate Link extension are projected to add. However, it was pretty quiet as a group...
A working group has spent a year analyzing Seattle's design review process. Here are their suggestions for improvement.
When most new mixed-use, multifamily, and commercial development projects are proposed in Seattle, they undergo a locally controlled and mandated city process called design review. The program works like this: volunteer...
This summer in the lead up to decision-making on whether or not to delay projects promised in the Sound Transit 3 measure, the Northwest Progressive Institute (NPI) released results from a poll conducted by Change Research Institute. Their data showed 71% of polled Seattle voters expressed support for a...