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.
https://vimeo.com/14014317 Yesterday we saw a great tilt-shift video of Dresden, and today we get an even better tilt-shift video of Berlin by Pilpop. Who is going to step up and finally make one of these for Louisville? Any takers?
Work on Iroquois Park's Sunnyhill Pavilion is wrapping up since construction began last fall. Students from Iroquois High School took on the job along with professionals from Metro Parks and the Olmsted Conservancy. Last year, the structure was nearly...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HgLqts3qJs Check out this video of cyclists in the Netherlands from the 1950s. Pretty amazing.
New York has become famous for carving out pedestrian spaces from busy streets across the city, taming traffic and creating much needed plaza space. The city's newest innovation replaces five parallel parking spaces in the Financial District with a...
Another great tilt-shift and time-lapse video of Dresden, Germany by MoritzHL. This stuff never gets old.
The first official Pecha Kucha Night Louisville is planned for Saturday, August 28 at Bernheim Arboretum. A partnership including the Urban Design Studio, the Central Kentucky Chapter of the AIA, Bernheim Arboretum, and the 21c Museum Hotel brought Pecha Kucha...
So everyone can agree it's been ridiculously hot this summer. In fact, June was a record-breaking month for temperatures. The NY Times' City Room blog recently discussed how the heat is counter-intuitively hurting business for ice cream trucks around...
Here's another time-lapse video like the one from Tokyo a couple days ago. This time, we're in London. (via Digital Urban)
Urban farming is really starting to take root. Check out the Soil Summit 2010 planned for August 14. It's free but a $20 donation is suggested. This also reminds me of an interesting segment I heard recently on WNYC's Leonard...