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.
Bicycling for Louisville is stepping it up this year with creative new events that involve riding a bike! They've already pulled off the Bats & Bikes event combining baseball and pedal power, but now they've gone green with a...
It's been four years since Louisville last experienced PARK(ing) Day, but this year Broken Sidewalk and the Urban Design Studio are working with community leaders to bring seven miniature parks--parklets--to the core of our city. We have received great...
This week officials celebrated Louisville's latest green roof—and Kentucky's largest at almost 27,000 square feet—atop the Mazzoli Federal Building in Downtown. The $1.3 million project (which also funded a courthouse renovation in South Carolina) was funded by federal recovery...
Happily spotted these fancy trash and recycling bins on Fourth and Liberty streets in early May, and as far as I am aware, are the city's first official sidewalk recycling option. Besides recycling, the trash can features a solar-powered...
It's a rather utilitarian building tucked away, out of sight behind the grand Union Station at Tenth Street and Broadway, but TARC's new maintenance building has earned a LEED Gold certification for sustainability from the US Green Building Council....
Looking for something to do now that you're boycotting the Kentucky State Fair for their ridiculous anti-bike policy? Bicycling for Louisville has you covered! This Thursday, ride on over to Louisville Slugger Field for the first annual Bats &...
An internal memo from the Kentucky State Fair surfaced a few days ago (when a cyclist was turned away from the fair) revealing the fair's regressive transportation policy banning bikes from the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center. According to...
Early Sunday morning, a motorist driving north on Dixie Highway fell asleep behind the wheel and plowed into a TARC bus stop, killing 47-year-old Shively resident Samuel Hazley III who was waiting for the bus. Dwight Mitchell, LMPD Public Information...
We need your help! Broken Sidewalk is teaming up with the Urban Design Studio to launch Park(ing) Day 2011 in Louisville in a big way. Each year, Park(ing) Day transforms parallel parking spots in cities across the globe into temporary...