A small, two-story Balboa Island home ... Completed in 1924, the house sits on a 1,050-square-foot lot just steps from the sand and one block from the village center on Marine Avenue.

The next challenge was how to create a functional home with lots of privacy on the small ... foot-long island, which includes an induction cooktop and an eating area. Throughout the house ...

As a teenager in the '70s, Dorothy Sams was fascinated when she first visited Nicollet Island ... the house had been taken over by transients and was slated to be razed for a parking lot.

The residence is perched on an island near the Connecticut shore that many locals may have never heard of. Photo Courtesy of GSA A small waterfront ... mile-long swath of land that has several ...