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.
As part of Bike to Work Month, I'll be posting several transportation-themes videos. This first one was shown at the Livable Louisville Forum in March, but it's worth taking another look at how Seattle's Mayor Mike McGinn gets to...
The University of Louisville brings us this blurb about the benefits of turning off your car engine instead of idling or waiting for a train. Important information given Louisville's propensity for Ozone Alert Days. Stuck waiting for the train to...
I meant to post this blurb during March Madness when it was applicable, but I found a C-J story (from 3/17, now offline) about the University of Kentucky's Patrick Patterson pretty interesting. Here's an excerpt from the story: Patrick Patterson spent...
May is National Preservation Month and it appears Louisville is celebrating with a dozen attempts to tear down historic buildings. The latest is an historic mansion perched atop a bluff overlooking the Ohio River. Dating to 1830, the Rock...
Louisville entrepreneurs are always thinking up new ways to improve the city's small business scene. Here's a sampling of a few new businesses that have come across my radar recently. Know of another new business? Post it in the...
This Friday, May 7 is a trolley hop day and May is National Preservation Month. What better time for a preservation-minded trolley hop? The developers behind the Whiskey Row Lofts thought so (that's Bill Weyland, Valle Jones, and Stephen...
May is National Bike Month and Bike to Work Month in Louisville. This doesn't mean any real change for many Broken Sidewalk readers who already depend on their bicycles to get around, but if you haven't tried commuting car-free,...
A nondescript tan building on the southwest corner of First and Liberty Streets has been declared surplus by the City of Louisville meaning it can be sold for redevelopment. Now it's time for you, Broken Sidewalkers, to play developer...
Billboards and advertising have become ubiquitous in today's environment, but what if advertisements were actually hand painted works of art? Below is an interesting video called Up There documenting the hand-painted advertising industry in New York. It's pretty interesting...