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.
While Louisville's recent spate of Winter weather is as bad as many can remember, be glad we're not Boston. Or Portland, Maine. But winter weather is a regular part of living in Louisville. Take, for instance, this video shared...
Snow storms are an urbanist's best friend. As snow builds up along the side of a road and small mountains of sooty snow discolored by car exhaust linger, driving patterns and the actual space needed to accommodate automobiles becomes readily...
On Thursday, the Louisville Metro Historic Landmarks & Preservation Districts Commission delayed voting on Bristol Development's proposed Main & Clay development on the border between Downtown Louisville, Butchertown, and Nulu, the Courier-Journal reported. The $50 million, 260-apartment building went before the commission after...
New Albany is looking to get into the downtown development game. The Southern Indiana city recently announced that it would seek incentives to help an Indianapolis-based developer built a $16 million, 157-unit apartment building on the former Coyle Chevrolet...
Some of Louisville's architectural history has been hiding in plain sight on the corner of Barret Avenue and East Broadway. A false facade covering a set of three historic structures has been peeled away, revealing the original two-story brick...
Well, that was fast. Just a few weeks after launching ten all-electric buses for its Downtown Circulator routes, TARC has received funds to add five more, bringing Louisville's fleet of ZeroBuses to 15—that's the second largest fleet in the...
Architecturally, the historic alley structures in the Cherokee Triangle range from utilitarian frame structures to formal, brick buildings. As modes of transportation have changed from horse and carriage, to early automobiles, to large SUVs, the size and form of...
Louisville is becoming a serious destination for recreational, competitive, and adventure sports. From hosting events like the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2013, to the revered and evolving Louisville Extreme Park, to the nearby Red River Gorge with its...
Instead of "cyclists," people biking. Instead of "accident," collision. Instead of "cycletrack," protected bike lane. It can come off as trivial word policing. But if you want proof that language shapes thoughts, look no further than Seattle—where one of the...