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.
The elaborate web of steel supports propping up the facades of three old whiskey warehouses on West Main Street is a testament to the cultural significance of the so-called Whiskey Row Block. Over the past decade, the block of boarded...
It's been a relatively slow year for bike lanes in Louisville. So far this year, the city has opened only 1.2 miles of bike lanes—the set of new lanes on West Chestnut Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard in Downtown...
Oil and gas industry greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise, but methane leakage continues to fall, according to an Environmental Protection Agency report released on Tuesday, Pamela King reported for EnergyWire. "Petroleum and natural gas systems emitted 236 million...
Last week, I spoke with San Francisco–based urbanist Jeff Wood of the Talking Headways podcast on Streetsblog. We discussed all things Louisville, from its history going back to the 18th century to the latest happenings with bike lanes. Listen...
On Tuesday, October 6, Columbus, Ohio–based developers at the Edwards Companies held a public meeting to discuss their proposal to build a mixed-use project on a sizeable assemblage including the old Phoenix Hill Tavern site at the corner of...
Plans to build a 200-unit, $25-million residential development on the former campus of Mercy Academy on the Original Highlands side of East Broadway have taken a major step forward. Edwards Communities, a division of Columbus, Ohio–based development group The...
Every fall leaves change colors, people travel far and wide to see those bright and interesting colors, then the leaves fall off and become yardwork for homeowners. But why do leaves change colors in the first place? And why are...
The developer behind the $30 million residential project set to fill the old Mercy Academy site on East Broadway is exploring another development a block east at the corner of East Broadway and Baxter Avenue. Columbus-based Edwards Companies will hold...
  Colonel Sanders definitely started Kentucky Fried Chicken; George Garvin Brown definitely began bottling bourbon in bottles; and David Jones and Wendell Cherry definitely founded Humana. There is no question how these legendary local businesses originated. Not so with the Louisville Slugger...