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.
Old Louisville is a lot of amazing things. It's America's largest collection of Victorian homes. It's the city's densest neighborhood. The American Planning Association named it one of the nation's 2016's five "Great Neighborhoods." Real estate site Redfin also...
There was a nail-biter of a preservation problem in Phoenix Hill closing out 2016. A wrong-way driver hit another motorist, creating an uncontrolled crash at East Broadway and Shelby Street. By the news photos at the time last December,...
Shelby Park pedestrians would like to look both ways when crossing the street. Two-way conversions have trickled in over the years in nearby Old Louisville. Oak Street, First Street, and Brook Street all accommodate two-way travel. Other plans have...
(Editor's Note: This post has been updated to include information from Metro Louisville submitted after our press deadline. Addition highlighted in yellow below.) Set your Tardis for Sunday, June 14, 1903 at the corner of Seventh Street and Kentucky Street in...
There's never been a better time to switch to TARC. Beginning June 1, all 227 TARC buses will be equipped with free WiFi hotspots so riders can surf the web rather than dodge other drivers. (We know you'll all...
It's finally happening! Louisville's long-awaited bike share program now has a name, sponsors, and a launch date. Mayor Greg Fischer, Bike Louisville's Rolf Eisinger, and other officials announced the phase one launch this month. Louisville's system will be called,...
This city is just your type. Typography is all around us, hiding in plain sight. The color and precise fonts used for street signs has been studied and tweaked for decades, the whimsical lettering of murals brings an artistic flair...
A couple weeks ago, we took a look at the public art installation to be built beneath the Ninth Street interchange of Interstate 64. Designed by a team led by Philadelphia's Interface Studio Architecture (ISA), The Louisville Knot seeks to...
The Vue at Third has now completely replaced the former Barrington Place Apartments at Third Street and Guthrie Street with a modern, updated look. The Downtown apartment tower dating to 1962 when it opened as the Trinity Towers (hence the crosses...