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 old Kentucky Theater just north of the Brown Hotel on Fourth Street has been dubbed the Theater Square Marketplace for some time now, but the renovation work is winding down and a grand opening is in sight. The...
Another boarded up building on New Albany's Main Street are set to become a new bar. Construction was underway today on two adjacent buildings between Bank Street and Pearl Street and people around told us about the bar. Details...
A tipster sent in this photo of one of the simplest art cars we've ever seen. It's a wind-up Smart Car. The car is already one of the tiniest four-wheeled vehicles to be found on the road; it's nice...
Plans announced in late 2004 for 138 to 168 loft condos on Floyd Street across from Papa John's Cardinal Stadium have come tumbling down. Capstone Development Corporation of Birmingham, Alabama had once planned condos, shops, and restaurants in the...
Bikes seem to always be in the news. For good or bad, as society comes to terms with more and more bikes on the roads and as more and more people decide to pick up their own and hit...
Construction at the Cabbage Patch Settlement House on Sixth Street in Old Louisville is quickly advancing. Last time we checked in January, the project was little more than a giant hole in the ground, but today walls are shooting skyward,...
A tipster points us to the latest edition of the Irish Hill Neighborhood Association newsletter stating the proposed development on the old River Metals and Progress Rail properties off Lexington Road first announced in 2006 has been abandoned. IHNA was...
Leadership Louisville is now accepting applications for the Ignite Louisville Class of 2010, but you have to act fast since the deadline is May 18. Ignite Louisville is a program specially designed for young professionals to develop their leadership...
Less than two months after we broke the story of the new Jimmy John's sandwich shop in the Mercantile Gallery Lofts, the restaurant has officially opened its doors. We noticed the paint stencil on the side of the building...