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 Colgate plant and clock on Clarksville riverfront has officially been transferred to a New York advertising company and is in the process of making its way into the hands of developers. Active International is the unnamed company looking...
Last week, a fire destroyed a wood-framed commercial building on the corner of Crittenden Drive and Lilly Avenue in the St. Joseph neighborhood. A tipster sent in a few photos of the aftermath and it looks like the building...
We were trying to enjoy a warm Spring afternoon strolling around Butchertown last week when Washington Street was suddenly engulfed in thick black and white smoke. Attempting to track down the source, we found giant fires roaring half a...
Friday, we told you about the thought bubbles spray-painted on the Louisville Chemical Building on the corner of Jefferson and Hancock streets. It seems the building knew something and wanted to get the word out. We asked for your...
Last week, KFC announced it would repair the city's potholes for free if a temporary "Re-Freshed by KFC" stencil could be spraypainted on top of the filled holes. With an estimated 350 million potholes nationwide, there's a lot of...
The Louisville Chemical Building on the corner of Jefferson and Hancock Streets has been for sale seemingly forever. At least before we first wrote about it last September. Since then, someone tagged the front windows and the graffiti was...
WHY Louisville, Louisville's fan club and retailer of locally designed goods with a Louisville-centric theme is moving up Bardstown Road next door to the Doo Wop Shop (the space formerly housing New Age Gifts). If you still don't know...
Indianapolis has officially earned the title Impossibility City: It Can't Happen Here. Legal representatives in the city told tourism officials in Louisville to leave their laser projector in the River City when they are coming up to promote Louisville...
The folks over at 8664.org released another beautiful video rendering of the proposed Waterfront Parkway that could transform Louisville's waterfront from concrete menace into a true urban amenity. You should certainly remember the renderings and video from a few...