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.
A Downtown Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe will open in mid-October at the Aegon Plaza across from the Kentucky International Convention Center. The 5,600 square foot location will have outdoor seating in the plaza. The St. Louis–based Panera chain offers "antibiotic-free...
The Louisville Science Center has begun expanding into the Alexander Building it bought last year for $2 million at the corner of West Main Street and Eighth Street, next door to its current facility. The expansion will cost about...
These stories came and went, but the national exposure they shed on Louisville is too much for us to pass up, so feel free to live in the day old glow of the national Louisville spotlight. The Los Angeles Times...
Delivery trucks are admittedly big, dirty, and noisy  Cities such as New York and Paris, where congestion has forced creative thinking into action, have developed the alternative to the delivery truck: the cargocycle. These human powered delivery bikes have...
Louisville has been raking in the awards this summer for everything from drinking water to healthcare to historic homes to sustainable architecture to hotel excellence. We brought you many of the stories, but a few slipped through the cracks. Here's the list...
The Plaza at the Muhammad Ali Center has been open for months now and if you haven't been downtown to visit yet... well... you're missing out. You're also missing the Jarfi's Cafe which recently opened just off the lobby...
Wayside Christian Mission vs. Original Highlands The homeless shelter responsible for sparking Louisville's first gentrification battle is trying to strike up a second. After selling their campus in Nulu for a reported $5 million, the group is looking elsewhere to expand...
A recent article in the New York Times provided less-than-flattering images of our fair River City. The story related the difficulties of auto-culture vs. bike-culture and ends up painting a picture of a backward anti-bike community from Kentucky. The...
The Irish Hill neighborhood hosts its First Annual Irish Hill Improv Festival on September 5 & 6 at the Walden Theater on Payne Street at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $20 and tickets are available at the door. The festival...