Last week I visited I Sodi, a Tuscan restaurant tucked into a skinny minimalist space on Christopher Street in the West Village that Rita Sodi (a former Calvin Klein executive) and a partner, Josh Dworkis, opened in March.
It is basically composed of found forms visually connected in space: a skinny dead sapling fixed upright in the ground lines up with a nearby construction crane from which the artist has suspended two ladders, which in turn lines up with the form of the Empire State Building seen across the river in Manhattan.
"I don't know why it's there, but I put a tall, skinny plant stand in the space and a little oil painting of Florida," added Mr. Leadon, who grew up in the state.
We do get to see "Blue Lines," of 1916, a tour de force of minimalist watercolor in which a pair of skinny parallel lines imbue the space around them with a trembling energy.
Although older loft-style buildings can be well suited to this feature, he said, it would be difficult to add green roofs to glass office towers, because they tend to be tall and skinny, with very little rooftop space per occupant.
You view the skinny as a waste of space, and would proudly pay double fare to fly, if there existed an aircraft capable of supporting your weight.
Though she's not an actual certified lifeguard, as Rieger told me, a Nightlifeguard's job is "keeping the pool cool," which could mean handing a water bottle to a potential heatstroke victim, helping a drunken newbie navigate fence-jumping mechanics, calling out creeps lurking for skinny dippers, or keeping the space clean.
To me, being naked in that space felt like skinny-dipping in the void.
The palette mixed blues, from powder to navy, with pops of pink or mustard while finishing flourishes came via super-skinny ties, reflective portfolios, white space boots and some brilliant trainers.
To maximize counter space, Mr. Sclaroff chose a skinny, 24-inch-wide refrigerator from Northland.
