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.
There have been rumors floating around that one of the famous 21C red penguins has gone missing. And is it really all that far fetched? After all, a giant dinosaur was smuggled out of downtown last month and the...
Two historic commercial buildings at the corner of West Market Street and 20th Street are slated for emergency demolition after a portion of the back of the buildings recently collapsed. The three story commercial buildings date to the 19th...
A stone retaining wall in Irish Hill on the corner of Cooper and Hull Streets has collapsed into the sidewalk. This isn't your typical two or three foot wall, this wall is much larger at five or six feet...
The Portland Avenue Presbyterian Church located on the corner of Portland Avenue and 32nd Street caught fire some time around 3:00 this morning and suffered major damage by the time the fire was extinguished. The red brick building dates...
So we're not breaking any news, but we did stop by to photograph the scene today around lunch. The fire broke out shortly after 4:00 this morning and is believed to have originated in the rear dumpster. The neighborhood...
We already told you about the opening of Z's Fusion restaurant and the new granite they are putting up on the exterior at Fourth and Market Streets. Yesterday, we stopped inside to check out the interior. It was late...
Plans to convert the former Marcus Lindsey Memorial Church on the corner of Main and Shelby Streets into condos will be moving ahead. Yesterday, the Butchertown Architecture Review Committee approved proposed alterations to the historic structure after a two...
The old Court House, now called Metro Hall downtown on Jefferson Street was damaged in last year's 'wind event.' A tipster wrote in asking about the damage to the cornice and soffit of the building which has left exposed...
Two attempts for a bank loan failed and now the Douglass Loop bar and restaurant is taking cash offers on "one of the hippest places in the city." Here's a little bit from the listing: Get your friends, parents or whatever...