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.
The mixed-use condo project on Fourth Street near the Guthrie Green dubbed Bycks Lofts only has four of its 16 units remaining on the market. Three of the units range in size from 1,050 to 1,260 square feet and...
The shotgun house on Campbell Street we told you was scheduled for demolition back in October is safe... for now. A tipster tells us the property owner was denied a demolition permit at a Butchertown Landmarks meeting and must...
A small church on the corner of Chestnut Street and Shelby Street has been sitting wounded from this year's windstorm and in need of repair. A decorative brick element has toppled over onto the sidewalk, its bricks still strewn...
We bring you this week our first reader-submitted art car. Michelle of Consuming Louisville fame spotted this yellow Corvette sporting a large no smoking sign and the words "Drive Cancer Out" in a parking garage in the Medical Center...
The latest potential condo conversion might be taking place in the Clifton neighborhood near the corner of Frankfort Avenue and Pope Street. The Hilltop Theater, currently home to Jim Conti & Sons (an events planning company), was built in...
It seems the Smart Car, that tiny European 2-seater that inspires awe or fear into all who lay eyes upon it, has become this season's preferred raffle item. The Smart Car has just nudged out the Vespa from seasons...
The brick arrived at the Shelby Street Apartments, a 22-unit mixed-use, mixed-income apartment building on the corner of Shelby Street and Broadway, in early October, and now the building is rapidly nearing completion of its masonry facade. The building...
The plastic drainage tubing we told you about on Monday has been installed and covered over with dirt. Workers have also removed the grass on the Belvedere's west lawn in preparation for re-seeding. The city has taken these flood control...
We dont really have anything new to say about this one, but hey, that finished masonry sure looks nice. A few more windows to go in on the Preston Street side of the 82-unit project. Preston Street is really starting...