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.
Louisville's bike network is growing—and that's great news. But streets need maintenance, and so do bike lanes. Bike traffic is not nearly as damaging to the road surface as automotive traffic, but there are other ways a bike lane...
We now have more detail on what Columbus, Ohio–based developer Edwards Companies has planned for the former Phoenix Hill Tavern block at the corner of Baxter Avenue and East Broadway. The $50 million plan to build a mixed-use on the...
Utah and Kentucky have a few characteristics in common. Both are red states, both have a strong energy sector. Both states have large rural areas. Kentucky has more residents in 2015, but Utah’s population just passed 3 million and...
Jeffersontown is getting a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians. The project, announced this week, is funded in part by a $1 million federal Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) grant with remaining funds coming from the City of Jeffersontown. CMAQ...
Walmart will build an exurban supercenter at the intersection of 18th Street, Dixie Highway, and Broadway. Last week, Jefferson Circuit Judge Olu Stevens dismissed a lawsuit challenging the rezoning for the project. The suit had been brought by NPP...
Bycks Lofts, a 16-unit mixed-use residential building on Fourth Street in Downtown Louisville, has been open to residents since 2008, but has had a difficult time attracting retail to its first-floor space. Now, according to Insider Louisville's Caitlin Bowling,...
On Monday evening, a Louisville woman was walking along Southside Drive. At about 6:30p.m., she was crossing the street at or near the intersection Tenny Avenue when a motorist driving a Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) tow truck struck and...
The intersection of Bardstown Road and Rosewood Avenue (where Longest Avenue ends) in the Highlands is a a tale of two worlds—one inner ring suburban and one decidedly exurban. As the preeminent example of Louisville's walkable suburbs, the Highlands is still...
Walking along Taylor Boulevard near the Watterson Expressway, there are already a lot of issues pedestrians must face—crossing off ramps designed for speed rather than safety, a lack of crosswalks on a five-lane highway, motorists darting in and out of...