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.
In January, we reported on the demolition of the Holy Family convent on Poplar Level Road to make way for the new headquarters of the Louisville Catholic Archdiocese. In Bryan Grumley's report, he lamented not just the loss of...
In an effort to increase street safety in Downtown Louisville, the city is making changes to the timing of traffic lights to promote slower speeds and to give people longer to cross the street. According to a report by WDRB's...
We all know how successful the Big Four Bridge has been already in terms of drawing crowds, but in Jeffersonville, development on the ground is is still just getting started around the foot of the bridge in Big Four Station...
We've known for a while that the Connection nightclub in Downtown Louisville was moving down Floyd Street to a new venue at owners George Stinson and Ed Lewis's Vu Guest House complex in Smoketown. In December, we raised the concern that due to that...
It looks like we're going to have to dust off our old tag, #HolyCondoWatch, eh Pip? Let's call it #HolyApartmentWatch. That's because a developer plans to convert the former Calvary Lutheran Church at 1838 Bardstown Road in the Deer Park...
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) Secretary Mike Hancock resigned last Thursday, according to a press release from the KYTC. No reason was given to Hancock's actions. Hancock has served as the president of AASHTO, the American Association of State Highway & Transportation...
A person was struck by a motorist along Shelbyville Road at Flat Rock Road in far eastern Jefferson County early Thursday morning, March 3. The incident took place just before 5:00a.m. near the Eastwood neighborhood. The incident was reported by...
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) sponsored another public information meeting this week at Broadway Baptist Church to discuss Chenoweth Lane through St. Matthews. The Monday meeting was ironically situated along one of KYTC's own dangerous-by-design corridors, Brownsboro Road. As at previous public meetings, the...
Back in the summer of 2012, a trio led by Griffin Meredith purchased a ragged row building at 514 South Fifth Street and planned a complete overhaul. By the end of this month, that project should be complete, with...