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.
We reported this morning that the giant white monkeys lounging in Fort Nelson Park on West Main Street have been deflated since last weekend's windstorm with eager Europeans waiting by the side of the monkey' flat deflated heaps. Worry...
Here are the latest photos from the Republic Plaza renovation site on Seventh Street. We've got nothing new to report on the project, but, as you can see, the blue windows are nearly all installed. Republic Plaza Gets Glassy (Broken Sidewalk) Identity Crisis...
Giant White Monkeys! They're deflated! According to the people at 21c Museum Hotel, the art installation lost power early during last weekend's windstorm, causing its fans to stop and the six monkeys to deflate on their own, saving them...
Okay, so the vandalism happened a while ago, but it's still unfortunate that the stone cross that once adorned the steeple of the original Mercy Academy building in the Original Highlands is now destroyed. It seems foolish the girls...
Beneath the gaudy white and gold plastic facade of the River City Bank on Muhammad Ali Boulevard at Sixth Street, glimpses of the Mammoth Life Building which housed the Lyric Theater can still be seen. The area around the...
The work has been going on for twelve years. The cost has surpassed $450 million. The economic impact for Louisville and the nation is astronomical. We've all seen it, but no one really knows much about it. The McAlpine...
The Ryder Cup Gala Mega-Tent we've been telling you about over the past two weeks will go into action tonight with international guests, famous golfers, local celebrities, and country music stars dining on cuisine by renowned chefs and dancing on...
The ZirMed Tower under construction on the corner of Market Street and Ninth Street across from the Glassworks has begun to show its glass curtain wall facade. Nearly half of the ground floor of the building has already been fitted...
Are too few completed downtown condos running all the new independent shops and restaurants out of business? That seems to be the case at the corner of Jackson Street and Market Street, just a block away from Slugger Field....