Tomorrow, April 2, is Philly's fourth annual Spring Cleanup Day. This is nice and all, but our inner Dale and Brennan are ecstatic about the massive pillow fights in cities around the world for International Pillow Fight Day. Don't even think Philadelphia isn't joining in with Barcelona, Melbourne, Istanbul, Vegas, Zurich,

Laddavanh Pongdara and her husband are opening the second larger location of Erawan Thai BYO restaurant at 925 Arch Street in Chinatown. The new location will allow for larger parties and Pongdara plans on opening in early April (they are currently hiring). The new menu includes a caramelized sweet and sour sea

For Viking Mill, Little Berlin and Emerald St. Urban Farm (Patrick Dunn's project, the same guy behind Marathon Farm), a vacant lot in East Kensington is a place of possibilities, not a space for dead grass and remnants of its prior occupant. These three organizations are collaborating in an effort to

Although Gunner's Run has quietly been open for a few weeks now (mmm chicken-fried chicken) its official public opening event is tonight at 8pm at 1001 N. Second Street, #3. Gunner's will be serving up $1 beer and shots, $3 pints of Sixpoint and Philadelphia Brewing Company beers and music

The 33,746-square-foot lot at 1919 Market (aka the failed Opus Condominium Tower) was very popular at the bankruptcy auction Brandywine Realty Trust attended. After some back and forth, 1919 finally ended in the victorious hands of Brandywine with a $9.3M bid. The agreement of sale between Brandywine, Bank of America

Congratulations to Interface Studio Architects and Postgreen Homes for their 100k House, one of the 18 projects selected by The American Institute of Architects to receive the prestigious 2011 Housing Award. The AIA’s Housing Award Program honors the best in housing design and the 100k House, the first-ever LEED (Leadership in Energy

As part of the Temple 20/20 plan, the university will open its brand new South Gateway living quarters this Fall. The new state-of-the-art $147.4M residence hall will offer more than 1,000 beds and a dining hall with outdoor seating serving staple Philly items such as cheese steaks and soft pretzels.

Gary P. Steuer, Philadelphia's chief cultural officer and director of the city's Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy would like to see the parcels at the northeast (owned by New York-based Hudson River Capital) and northwest (marketed by Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation) corners of Broad and Washington developed. "Given the Avenue of the

The Walnut Street Bridge is going to be more easily accessible to all of its users (i.e. drivers, bikers and pedestrians), rather than it being predominantly for motor-vehicle traffic. Currently, the bridge possesses four traffic lanes, a bike lane and two eight-foot sidewalks. Pedestrian and bike traffic has increased considerably

Bethany Seawright, graduate student of interior design, MFA candidate and contributing blogger for Apartment Therapy, has given Philly architecture a great shout-out on the site. "Over and over again, I am amazed at the number of formidable architects than have come through our city and influenced its ever-changing landscape," says