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.
How has your neighborhood changed over the past 20 years? Has it become more prosperous? Is it undergoing a development boom? Is it still shaking off the effects of the Recession and subsequent foreclosure crisis? A lot can happen...
A child riding a bike in front of Atkinson Elementary School in the Portland neighborhood was struck by a motorist driving a pickup truck who then fled the scene. The collision took place Friday, March 11, at 6:15p.m. near the...
A 16-year-old girl was struck by an out-of-control motorist Thursday, March 10, around 7:00a.m., following a crash at Lees Lane and Cane Run Road. The incident was reported by WDRB, WAVE3, and WLKY. Only WLKY called the collision an accident.   According to...
A girl standing on the sidewalk was struck by an out-of-control motorist when two drivers collided at 26th Street and Oak Street (where it turns into Virginia Avenue) in the Park Hill neighborhood. One driver fled the scene and the...
In early 2015, a major development—the West Louisville FoodPort—was announced in the Russell neighborhood that promised internationally renowned architecture, a hub for local agriculture, clean energy, new jobs, and public spaces. The project garnered glowing international attention for its...
Located just around the corner of the 800 Tower City Apartments in SoBro, Calvary Episcopal Church, 821 South Fourth Street, is busy restoring the limestone steps leading to the monumental edifice dating back 140 years to 1876. According to Brad Fewell, a member of Calvary's...
Mark your calendars for a very important meeting on Wednesday, March 16. Currently under construction in Smoketown, the Metropolitan Sewer District's (MSD) Logan Street CSO Basin is the only one of 12 such projects in Louisville to be built above ground,...
Fairdale's roundabout is finally under construction after years of planning, design, and community input. Work began Monday, March 7, on the project joining West Manslick Road, Fairdale Road, Mitchell Hill Road, and Mount Holly Road. “A modern roundabout is one-way circular...
Here in Louisville, everyone's pretty excited to see how exactly the Schnitzelburg Container Homes will take shape, but up in Covington, they're one step ahead. According to Scott Wartman at the Cincinnati Enquirer, a shipping container house is moving forward after Jerod Theobald...