Author, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit recently released her 15th book titled Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas a stunning collection of unique and original New York City maps that speak more to locals than tourists.

Nonstop Metropolis, the culminating volume in a trilogy of atlases, conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts—from linguists to music historians, ethnographers, urbanists, and environmental journalists—amplified by cartographers, artists, and photographers, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby New Jersey.

Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas is available for purchase on Amazon.

This great vintage photo shows a bunch of well-dressed New Yorkers battling a heat wave in the Summer of 1910 by sitting in the shade under a massive tree in Battery Park.

Michael Wyetzner of Michielli + Wyetzner Architects returns to AD, this time to look at the history and creation of three New York City landmarks that have since been demolished—but are far from forgotten. From the once (and future?) majesty of Penn Station to the New York Herald building and the original 19th-century Madison Square Garden, Michael gives expert insight into these three historic architectural landmarks, why they were laid to ruin, and what came to replace them.