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 few weeks ago, two motorists collided at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Campbell Street on the border between Nulu and Phoenix Hill. Their cars impacted with such force that the vehicles were sent careening into a historic...
Did you make it to September's Strong Towns Conference hosted by the Kentucky Heritage Council? If you were there, then you saw an amazing line-up of urban thinkers like Charles Marohn, founder of Strong Towns; state historic preservation officer...
Columbus, Ohio–based Edwards Companies will return to Louisville for a second public meeting to discuss the proposed redevelopment of the former Phoenix Hill Tavern site into a mixed-use development including up to 300 apartments over retail on the corner of...
Paristown Pointe is not an easy neighborhood. The tiny wedge of land is hemmed in by a '30s era elevated rail viaduct and Beargrass Creek on one side, steep terrain on another, and generally ignored along Barrett Avenue and...
In the early 20th century, a simple one-story brick building at 1064 Bardstown Road was filled with Studebaker cars. You're probably more familiar with the building as the long-time home of Spindletop Draperies. If you walk by today, the...
If you feel sometimes like Louisville is behind the times when it comes to public transit, that's because it is. Cities large and small have been boosting their mass transit systems over the past decade—with hundreds of millions of...
Louisville is the birthplace of Hunter S. Thompson. Born in July 1937, Thompson grew up in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood on Ransdell Avenue, attended nearby Bloom Elementary, Highland Middle, and Atherton High School. Thompson achieved fame for his writing,...
Statistically, in the South you have a significantly higher chance of dying in a car crash than in other parts of the country. Why is this the case? Richard Florida dug into the numbers for the Atlantic's CityLab. Florida highlights the...
This month, someone ran into a tree on Goss Avenue, resulting in the tree being cut down. The tree was an established tree, no sapling, right in the middle of the Three Points target area that's aiming to beautify the...