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.
More than any other kind of building, Louisville is a city of houses. Walking through the neighborhoods that make our city great can be like taking a tour of architectural styles through the centuries, from grand Victorian mansions in Old...
The character of old buildings shines through in their authenticity, whether that's history, age or patina, design, materials, or quirk. A single-story stretch of commercial building at 1904–1908 Bardstown Road at Kenilworth Place is quite a simple retail structure...
(Editor's Note: As part of Preservation Month 2016, Broken Sidewalk is highlighting some of the most storied historic theaters of Louisville in an ongoing Focus on Preservation series. We're kicking things off today with the theater that ignited Louisville's...
We're entering the final stretch of National Bike Everywhere Month, and May's signature event is upon us tomorrow, Friday, May 20: National Bike to Work Day. Are you pedaling in? Or at least pedaling in part way with one...
Today at 1:00p.m., the Louisville Metro Planning Commission is scheduled to discuss a proposal from the University of Louisville Foundation to rename a section of Warnock Street to University Boulevard near the school's Belknap Campus. (The meeting takes place...
TARC, the Transit Authority of River City, is rolling out a number of service changes along key routes. The changes are scheduled to take effect in just a few weeks on Sunday, June 5, so here's what you need to...
Today, a lot of us are left scratching our heads about why previous generations decided to build Interstate Highways where we did—like along Louisville's Ohio River waterfront—and why we decided to double down on those mistakes rather than look for...
Walk down Shelby Street south from the vibrant main drag of Nulu and it hits you pretty quick: once you're past Nanny Goat Strut Alley, you're pretty much in a no-man's land. The street life dries up off East...
(Editor's Note: This article is part of a series we're running on Broken Sidewalk in honor of National Preservation Month 2016. We'll be looking at the histories of significant structures, some that are still with us and many that...