ON water’s EDGE
As soon as he saw the seven-acre property on a peninsula, Gil Schafer knew it was a special spot. The New York City-based architect had, after all, spent practically every summer of his life in Brooklin, the wee waterside town in Maine, which is home to the triangle-shaped, pine tree-covered lot that took his breath away.
“The water wraps around the house on two sides, and when you stand on the land, between you and Mount
