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.
  If you're out walking after sundown, you'd better be glowing in the dark or else it's your own fault if you get hit and killed by a motorist. As part of the city's Look Alive Louisville pedestrian-safety campaign, one...
Fenced off from Iroquois Park by a wall of chain link, the historic Colonial Gardens complex on the corner of New Cut Road and Kenwood Drive has certainly seen better days. With a proud wooden frame and stout massing around a...
One of five dangerous target intersections being watched by the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) as part of the city's Look Alive Louisville pedestrian safety campaign is at Fourth Street and Broadway. On Monday night one block west, a pedestrian...
  As Louisville's Look Alive pedestrian safety campaign continues, it's worth looking around to see what others have learned about street safety. We're fortunate that we can learn from other early adopters of pedestrian safety and research and analysis that...
  Today, the curb is a dividing line between the realm of the pedestrian and that of the motorist. Except for a few certain times when we're "allowed" to enter the street—either a few seconds when the crosswalk light turns...
There are a pair of new, bright red bike racks in front of City Hall near the corner of Sixth Street and Jefferson Street in Downtown Louisville. The two bike-shaped racks were paid for with discretionary funds from Councilman David...
(Editor's Note: This is the second in a multiple-part series about street safety in Louisville as the city continues to roll out its three-year pedestrian safety campaign, Look Alive Louisville. This section examines just how dangerous our streets are...
Navigating streets in 21st century America can be downright scary for everyone involved—pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists. And it’s too often deadly. We've all felt it before, that sense of dread crossing the street at one point or another. I cringe every...
On Tuesday, we detailed a Columbus, Ohio, company's plan to bring 195 upscale apartments to the former Mercy Academy site at 1172–1176 East Broadway. In telling that story, we looked at the evolution of the Original Highlands neighborhood in...