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.
Maybe we should thank you for taking the facade first. No beating around the bush or pretending. Tear it off quick, like a Band-Aid. Expose your intent and own it. Hand it over to outside developers who have the money...
Beargrass Creek is just as much a fixture in the Louisville community as the Ohio River. While smaller in stature, both Beargrass and the Ohio have been treated as eyesores and open sewers for most of their lives. It's...
Next Tuesday, April 14, whet your appetite for all things food at Pecha Kucha Night (PKN) Louisville, the first of the year. The rapid-fire presentation format puts the limelight on leading local authorities and concerned citizens alike who have six minutes and...
Back in December, we looked at a plan by Louisville developers Underhill Associates to redo the Louisville Armory, aka the Gardens, into a mix of apartments and retail space. (The Underhills are the developers behind projects like Westport Village...
If you plan on being anywhere near Clifton or Crescent Hill on Sunday, April 19th, do yourself a favor and throw away your car keys* and lace up your running shoes because from 2:00 to 6:00pm, Frankfort Avenue will again...
The 141st Kentucky Derby is less than a month away and in keeping with April's Kentucky Derby Festival celebrations, this month's "Recipes from the Archives" features a classic: The Mint Julep. The "Pendennis Club Mint Julep" is found within How...
Compromise is the hallmark of politics, so when it comes to street design, it’s tempting to dole out design features like treats to unruly children: a new crosswalk for you, a drive-thru for you, a bike lane for you,...
I am a high school geography teacher. I work with students at a private school in Louisville, Kentucky. I experience something like a city through the lenses of geography: human-environment interaction, location, movement, place, and space or region. How...
Louisville is one of five cities that has teamed up with Bloomberg Philanthropies to tackle complex urban challenges. Now in the program's second phase, help is needed to study vacant land and properties and substance abuse and jails around the...