Resnick, Whose Camera Captured New York’s ‘Bad Boys’.. León Krier, Architect Whose Classical Work Won a Royal Ally

León Krier, Architect Whose Classical Work Won a Royal Ally, Dies at 79

Although many of his designs remain unbuilt — with a few exceptions, including King Charles’s Poundbury — he was a driving force in the New Urbanism movement.

León Krier in 1989. He was a leading voice in his generation’s rejection of Modernist architecture and urban planning. A skyscraper, he told The New York Times, “is an immoral act.”Credit...Geoff Moore/Shutterstock

Much of his influence came in the form of lectures, debates and hundreds of drawings that, long before the internet, circulated among architects and students A skyscraper, he told The New York Times in 2024, “is an immoral act.”


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Although much of Mr. Krier’s work remains unbuilt, his drawings and manifestoes left a lasting mark on contemporary design.Credit...

León Krieras stapled stacks of copies.

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Illustrations from Mr. Krier’s 2009 book “Drawing for Architecture.”Credit...Illustration from "Drawing for Architecture" by Léon Krier

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Long before the internet, Mr. Krier’s drawings circulated among architects and students as stapled stacks of copies.Credit...Illustrations from "Drawing for Architecture" by Léon Krier





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Marcia Resnick, Whose Camera Captured New York’s ‘Bad Boys’, Dies at 74

A conceptual artist, she used photography to make surrealistic images and then went



Marcia Resnick in 2021 with her portrait of William Burroughs. She considered him a kindred spirit, and photographed him often. Credit...Bob Krasner

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Marcia Resnick, Whose Camera Captured New York’s ‘Bad Boys’, Dies at 74

A conceptual artist, she used photography to make surrealistic images and then went on to document Manhattan’s downtown scene and its mostly male provocateurs.


Marcia Resnick in 2021 with her portrait of William Burroughs. She considered him a kindred spirit, and photographed him often. Credit...Bob Krasner

Ms. Resnick’s 1979 photograph of Chris Stein and Debbie Harry, sprawled on a bed in their Manhattan apartment.Credit...Marcia Resnick/Getty

Ms. Resnick’s 1978 portrait of the punk rocker Joey Ramone.Credit...Marcia Resnick/Getty Images

“Joey never looked at me like that,” Danny Fields, the Ramones’ manager and default photographer, said in an interview. (Mr. Fields took thousands of pictures of the band.) “It’s like a courtship photo.”