2010 “Excellence on the Waterfront” Award for the The Greater Hartford Jaycees Community Boathouse
The Waterfront Center, 2010
The panel of jurors which selected the award-winning entries was impressed with the building as a mixed-use development that, in the jurors’ words, takes a “design with nature” approach.  Located in a flood plain, the building is designed to withstand seasonal flooding rather than trying to divert the natural flow of the Connecticut River.

Top Honor Award for Excellence on the Riverfront for Mortensen Riverfront Plaza
The Waterfront Center, 1997
 
“Cities everywhere should take heart. Riverfront Recapture is demonstrating that bold undertakings can be accomplished - provided the vision and the will are there.”

     —The Waterfront Center’s international panel of jurors

Top Design Award
The American Society of Landscape Architects, 2000
 
Working with the Federal Highway Administration and the Connecticut Department of Transportation to drop an interstate highway to ground level to make way for a landscaped plaza that reunited downtown Hartford with the Connecticut River - a monumental achievement - has generated widespread acclaim. 
 
“A project like this becomes a catalyst for so many other things to occur as time goes on.”

     —The American Society of Landscape Architects

Designation - American Heritage River
President Bill Clinton

The Connecticut River, the site of our Riverfront parks, was designated one of 14 American Heritage Rivers by President Clinton. This designation recognizes the river’s economic, recreational, environmental, cultural, and social values to the communities along its banks.

Riverfront Recapture’s other prestigious awards include: