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 giant mess of steel and wire we've been calling the electric jungle gym is now gone. And what a relief. We've been watching the thing slowly disappear, but were still shocked when we showed up today and found...
  Last week, the 8664.org campaign released its fancy new renderings and video of how great Louisville's waterfront could be if only we used some common sense. They sent it out to all the news outlets in town. If you...
There's no real point to this photo. Just that we find it strangely interesting. It's the product of a failed attempt to create a panorama of East Main Street, but instead takes us to a place we all know...
The second Sunergos Coffee location is now under construction on Woodlawn Avenue in the Beechmont neighborhood. We told you last June about plans to open the second location, but now the micro-roastery and espresso bar will soon be a...
One year and two days ago today, a large three-story, brick apartment building burned for two hours before 75 firefighters extinguished the structure. Part of the roof collapsed and six-apartments proceeded to sit charred and vacant until a few...
The University of Louisville Foundation is working on plans to completely overhaul the triangular, 7-acre Stansbury Park across Third Street from the University of Louisville's Belknap Campus. Plans call for a major restoration of the park's original turn-of-the-century Olmsted...
Today, the Family Scholar House announced plans for a new $10 million campus on the corner of First and Breckinridge streets in the SoBro neighborhood. Officially known as the Downtown Scholar House, the 54 unit facility will provide supportive housing...
Earlier this year, we spotted a pretty large stone wall in the Irish Hill neighborhood on the corner of Cooper and Hull Streets. The thing was, the wall was covering the sidewalk. On our last trip over to the...
Craig Greenberg went before Metro Council today to answer the tough questions about the state of the Museum Plaza development. We didn't have a chance to sit in on the Q & A but did read over a letter...