Going back in time to the lively streets of New York City in 1945 is like traveling through an important era of history. The city filled with a visible mixture of victory, transitions, and…
EROSION is a stunning new short film from Brooklyn Aerials and others that features 4 flex dancers in slow motion around a fast-paced and quickly gentrifying New York City. Every New Yorker…
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…
Public transit can be extremely valuable for a city’s economy - in New York City 85% of the people who travel into the business district below 61st Street take some form of public…
General Grant National Memorial in Morningside Heights opened in 1897 and is the largest mausoleum in North America, housing President Ulysses Simpson Grant and his wife, Julia. A few years…
The NYC Crime Map is an interactive map produced by the City which lets you play with crime data per precinct. Crime data is provided in map format for the, “seven major NYS Penal Law…
Focusing on themes including Black resilience, love and care, Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist Na’ye Perez deconstructs his memory-laden artistic process and explains the work’s…
A unique dual aerial portrait of Los Angeles and New York, in a stunning case of compare and contrast from a bird’s-eye point of view LA NY is a dazzling visual tale of two cities, Los…
This vintage film from 1993 doesn't quite feel vintage at all. Usually we associate older film with grainy video and audio quality, but this 23 year old footage is anything but. Right when…
If you grew up in New York, chances are you’ve seen these black-and-white cookies at grocery stores and delis all over the city. Topped with dark chocolate icing on one half and vanilla…
