He is at the center of the city’s skateboarding scene (he works with the streetwear company Supreme) and is an outspoken critic of the gentrification of downtown. In 2019, Adam Zhu created a petition that helped save the asphalt in Tompkins Square Park, which the city planned to replace with synthetic turf; Chloë Sevigny helped publicize the issue. He will release his first photography book, Nice Daze, this winter.