Branden Klayko

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Branden founded Broken Sidewalk in 2008 while practicing architecture in Louisville. He continued the site for seven years while living in New York City, returning to Louisville in 2016. Branden is a graduate of the College of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, and has covered architecture, design, and urbanism for The Architect's Newspaper, Designers & Books, Inhabitat, and the American Institute of Architects.
About a month ago, on a cold and rainy October morning, the first new pharmacy school in over 50 years in Kentucky opened its doors on Gardiner Lane just off Bardstown Road. The only other college of pharmacy in...
Last night, local architects gathered to hear five business and government leaders discuss the future of Louisville's "Changing Downtown Economy" at Felice Vineyards on East Market Street. The group tackled issues surrounding downtown development, the economic crisis, and convention...
The Clark's Landing project, a proposed $500 million mixed-use neighborhood to be created around the old Colgate factory and clock, won approval from the Clarksville Town Council this week and will be rezoned, block by block to accommodate a...
The Calistoga Bakery Cafe, the latest endeavor of pizza mogul John Schnatter, has officially been open for a couple of weeks now in the Medical Center on the corner of Chestnut Street and Preston Street. We last checked in...
The most talked about condo project in town has become less of a mystery as the Broken Sidewalk goes inside to see just what developers have in store for the historic Marcus Lindsey Memorial M. E. Church. Last we...
This small building on Second Street just north of Broadway is undergoing the surgical removal of a mid-century addition. We spotted strewn bricks and bulldozers and assumed the building was a goner, but upon closer inspection, it appears only...
We told you about the Bike Depot's plans to open a new Frankfort Avenue bike store and courier service location back in September, but lost track of the development thereafter. The new location has been open since its November...
The scaffolding went up on the O'Shea's on Main project in late October, we already took a sneak-peek at what's in store down the road, and not to be outdone with construction activity at the 4th Street Live Irish...
The shoring wall at the arena site along Main Street is now huge. You can judge by the people standing next to the wall holding up the street and the rest of downtown that the giant crater is nearly...