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.
It seems like all the mega-projects that created Louisville's unprecedented development buzz in the last few years have been hibernating for some time. One of the most exciting projects, Capital Plaza, still plans to make an addition to the...
Well, that was fast. Just ten days ago, the electric jungle gym on Third Street was removing its first transformers. Today, the thing is halfway gone. There's even a little brick building visible now we'd never noticed. We're calling it...
Somehow this just seems to fit. London has Piccadilly Circus, New York has Times Square, now Louisville has Fourth & Liberty. (This isn't actually going to happen, but what if...)
An entire 4.5 acre block is slated for redevelopment on the southern edge of Old Louisville adjacent to the University of Louisville. Investment Property Advisors of Valparaiso, Indiana has put together a mixed-use proposal including retail space, a mix...
Metro Parks and the Olmsted Conservancy held an information gathering session last night seeking input on Tyler Park and the Hogan Fountain area of Cherokee Park. A $50,000 master plan will be created to guide development and restoration of...
Construction continues at the site of Presentation Academy's new Arts & Athletics Complex on the corner of Fourth Street and Breckinridge Street in SoBro. Last time we checked in, concrete walls had just been tilted up. Since then, the...
Two large towers of power on and near the Museum Plaza site are being prepped for removal. Their wires have been snipped and new "sleek" metal-pole-towers have been strung out just in time for Mardi Gras. Crews with cranes...
Louisville knows how to deal with tragedy. The Windstorm 2008 might have been just the overture for the wreckage of Ice Storm 2009, but local artists have been busy transforming downed trees into works of art in classic Keep...
Tragedy struck Germantown this afternoon. A tipster who lives nearby sent in word that the Old Hickory Inn on the corner of Hickory and Lydia Streets caught fire around 4:00 p.m. today. The bar is famous for opposing the...