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 recent policy change regarding how the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) handles high speed chases is leading to safer streets around the city. According to a special report from WDRB's Jason Riley, the LMPD now has one of the strictest...
Smoketown’s efforts to advocate for a change in the basin design of the Logan CSO Interceptor Project took major steps forward last week. For the Smoketown community, this is a crucial issue of environmental, racial, and economic justice. At...
The Phoenix Hill Apartments have taken another step forward. The Planning Commission last Thursday unanimously gave its permission to rezone the property to accommodate the $52 million, mixed-use development on the corner of East Broadway and Baxter Avenue. Waivers and...
Two Louisville sites are among 11 in Kentucky that have been newly listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service. Both of Lousiville's listings will help development projects in Schnitzelburg and Paristown Pointe move...
Roberto de Leon is on a roll. The architect and co-founder of De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop (DPAW) was recently elected to the prestigious College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and two the firm's projects were...
Deanna Mitchell is a self-described nomad artist. "I don’t actually live anywhere," Mitchell told Broken Sidewalk. "I live out of a backpack." She took the big leap to tiny living last year and set out on a tour of...
Louisville's bid for $50 million in funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Smart City Challenge was cut short with the announcement of seven finalists in the competitive program seeking to assist "the country’s first city to fully integrate...
The first day of Spring isn't until Sunday, March 20, but Louisville is already beginning to see the first washes of color lining its streets. Eric Stemen of Ocean Llama Timelapse & Video Production created the above film, titled Louisville...
Sellus Wilder believes in the power of a grassroots movement—that a group of dedicated citizens can fight the seemingly unwinnable battle against corporate interests—and he has the film to prove it. In his new documentary, The End of the Line,...