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.
The Obama administration wants state DOTs to report on the climate impact of their transportation policies, reports Michael Grunwald at Politico, and the road lobby is dead set against it. As part of the implementation of the MAP-21 federal transportation bill, U.S....
It's only been a couple of weeks since the tower cranes hovering over the Omni block in Downtown Louisville began to rise into their own place on the skyline. But today the mega-block construction site is a mini city...
Renderings can be deceiving. When we reported on the VU Guest House and adjoining C2 venue under construction in Smoketown, we thought a new building going up on Breckinridge Street was incorporating part of the facade of the old...
On April 25, newly appointed Director of Develop Louisville, Deborah Bilistki, will begin overseeing the city's department covering land use, planning and zoning, housing and community development, vacant and abandoned properties, construction review, and sustainable initiatives, among others. Bilitski was...
A five-year-old boy was struck and killed by a motorist at around 11:40a.m. on Friday, April 15. The collision took place on Whispering Brook Drive near Quiet Wood Court, just south of the Gene Snyder in Okolona. The boy had been...
A woman was struck and killed by a motorist on Zorn Avenue on Sunday April 17. The fatal collision took place around 1:00a.m. on Sunday morning at the intersection of Zorn Avenue and Cleveland Boulevard in the Clifton Heights / Brownsboro...
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) has released a new design guide to help cities prioritize transit on their streets. How can cities integrate bus rapid transit with protected bike lanes? How can bus stops be improved and the boarding process...
(Correction noted below.) Over half a city block on the border between Nulu and Butchertown has potentially found a buyer. The Service Tanks property at 700 East Main Street had been listed for $8.9 million by Tyler Smith of PRG...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), under the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), has selected Louisville among nine cities to receive technical assistance from the agency to encourage economic development around transit. The agency is partnering with Smart Growth...