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.
Demolition work at the Belknap Crossings site on Fourth Street should be nearly complete as the year is coming to an end. As we previously reported, the mixed-use project will bring 20,000 square feet of retail space and 220...
Another building by architect and developer Mark Isaacs is facing problems. A large portion of the fiber-cement facade at the Cliff View Terrace built at 2411 Brownsboro Road in 2009 by Isaacs' now defunct Legacy Development company is being...
TARC is holding a competition for children to design a wrapper for one of its buses to celebrate the spirit of volunteerism and being a good neighbor. More info from the city: The Design-a-Bus contest is open to all elementary and...
When you think of historic theaters in Louisville, Fourth Street immediately comes to mind, but many other theaters were scattered all over the city including the Savoy Theater once located at 223-227 West Jefferson Street. Before it was the...
The Parking Authority of River City (PARC) is testing out new, high-tech parking meters in a pilot program in Downtown Louisville. Common in many cities including St. Louis, New Orleans, and New York, these meters offer increased flexibility and...
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Old Maps

For all the information junkies and history buffs out there with an affinity for the mapped landscape, there's an online tool created by Eric O'Neal we just found called Historic Maps of Louisville that has collected old maps from...
While no one likely wants to reminisce on the the biggest development casualty of 2011 (perhaps the decade?) on what must now be considered a cursed site that not only killed REX's Museum Plaza, but also I.M. Pei's Vencore...
CEOs for Cities has released a great video by Edward Glaeser about the importance of cities today. Glaeser is an economist at Harvard and the author of the popular recent book Triumph of the City. Among his points in...
Throughout the Great Recession, you have to hand it to Louisville's small business entrepreneurs, especially the foodie scene, for keeping the city filled with great shops and restaurants. As 2011 comes to a close, we decided to take a...