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.
Here's Gill Holland's Sustainability Tip of the Day from kyGREENtv. Doesn't appear to be brand new, but it hasn't received much exposure. Enjoy. (h/t Stardust Homes)
At the beginning of July, WFPL reported that the Louisville Derby Clock, the whimsical animated time piece by local sculptor Barney Bright, could be headed back downtown after all. After the clock was meticulously restored by a group led...
In many cities, particularly examples like Louisville that aren't quite as far along on bike infrastructure as the usual velo-havens (Portland, Minneapolis, et al), you don't have to look far to find bikes locked up outside businesses, but lacking...
Image: Photo of 800 Ash Street from circa 1910 (Courtesy Tammy Jones-Scrogham, color by Broken Sidewalk) Just after 9:00 on Saturday night, a massive fire tore through a vacant mixed-use building on the corner of Ash and Shelby streets in Schnitzelburg....
Developers behind Louisville's iconic Museum Plaza development designed by New York-based REX have pulled the plug, according to a statement  and a letter released today. In a letter to both Mayor Fischer and Governor Beshear, Craig Greenberg—one of the...
In the past few years, Louisville has been plagued by several large water main breaks around the city.  Often a result of aging infrastructure in older, more central parts of the city, these incidents are merely a warning of...
Louisville native and Iraq veteran Troy Yocum has been walking across the country raising funds for military families in need. I recently found out about his Drum Hike campaign on a tweet from Mayor Fischer and Yocum has already...
There are a dozen new blue boxes around downtown Louisville that leaders hope will curb panhandling and direct money to organizations that help the disadvantaged. Called Positive Change, the program allows you to drop in money that will go...
If you haven't registered already, you'd better make sure to sign up for Tuesday's Sustainability City Series talk about Agrarian Urbanism put on by the Urban Design Studio. This one's going to be one for the books as noted...