Walter and Linda Wick for the renovation of the abandoned firehouse and maintenance facility at 36 John Street.
Hortense Ross, Precious Ross-Ellis, and Monica Ross for the renovation of the Medical Temp Force Building.
55 Trumbull Street Associates and David Nyberg for the renovation of the SNET Building.
The Melville Charitable Trust for the rehabilitation of the Cathedral Lyceum.
West Side Management and Carlos Mouta for the rehabilitation of the former Allied Plumbing Building.
The many people who opposed the cutting of the trees at the Hartford Public Library plaza.
Tom Condon and the Board of Contributors of the Hartford Courant's special section known as "Place."
Isidro Solis for his renovation of the Watson Bliss House.
Maximilian Tondro and April Oettinger for the exceptional repainting and re-roofing of their home at 64 Sherman Street.
The Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery for the restoration and improvement of the Weaver Building.
The Village for Families and Children for its restoration and adaptive reuse of the historic Trolley Barn.
Linda Osten, Patrick Pinnell and the Coalition to Strengthen the Sheldon/Charter Oak Neighborhood (CSS/CON), for their leadership.
Jim Kuykendall for his series in Northeast Magazine on the churches of Hartford.
The Wicks transformed the long-abandoned 1920 building at 36 John Street just south of downtown into a spectacular studio in which Walter Wick designs sets that he photographs for the children's books he writes. Wick is a nationally known children's author and photographer who has created the I Spy children's book series. The building has 12,000 square feet of space — enough to drive fire engines in and out of. Its most distinctive feature is the windows –– more than 1,000 12” x 16” windows arranged in 14-foot sections. Every one of them was replaced as part of the rehabilitation of the building, which is now an anchor for the revitalization of the South Downtown and Park Street areas. Back to 2004 Awards Roster
The Rosses bought the run-down, vacant 1904 building at the corner of Albany Avenue and Garden Street, designed by architect Isaac A. Allen, Jr., to house their business, Medical Temp Force, which provides temporary health care workers to nursing homes. With a loan from Fleet Community Bank and financial assistance from the city's Façade Improvement Program and other sources, Hortense Ross helped redesign the building, turning it into an economic catalyst for the Upper Albany neighborhood. Back to 2004 Awards Roster
The 12-story Art Deco SNET building at the northern edge of Bushnell Park was constructed in two stages — the bottom six floors in 1930 and the top six floors in 1953. Its limestone walls are embellished with Mayan and Egyptian motifs. The completed building is designed to convey a sense of vertical thrust. David Nyberg and 55 Trumbull Street Associates bought the building in March, 2003, converted it from office use to housing and within seven months had arranged for the first tenants to move in. The building, with almost 200,000 square feet of space, now contains 136 apartment units and is in the vanguard of the downtown Hartford housing revival. Back to 2004 Awards Roster
The Cathedral Lycæum is an imposing brownstone-and-brick building on Lawrence Street in Frog Hollow. It was built in 1895 by Saint Joseph's Cathedral as part of its outreach mission to immigrant communities. The Melville Charitable Trust converted it to offices and a conference center for the Partnership for Strong Communities and other community organizations. The building was carefully rehabilitated to maintain its key elements, such as the stage and balconies of the third floor auditorium and the open 60-foot trusses in the former gymnasium on the first floor. Back to 2004 Awards Roster
The renovation of 1477 Park Street by Carlos Mouta and West Side Management is playing a key role in the revitalization of Parkville. His renovation has turned the building into commercial space for artists and for a variety of small businesses. Mouta gutted the building but retained the original floors and left beams and bricks exposed, creating rentable spaces with high ceilings and a feel of openness. A number of artisans have relocated from the Colt Building, and Mouta hopes to turn the entire area into a “design district.” Back to 2004 Awards Roster
When the Hartford Public Library proposed to cut down four mature trees to make it easier to move construction equipment for its library renovation, more than 100 people attended a public hearing before City Forester John Kehoe to protest the loss of greenery downtown. The result was the preservation of three of the four trees. Back to 2004 Awards Roster
Under the leadership of Tom Condon, editor of “Place,” the Hartford Courant has devoted part of every Sunday's commentary section to articles about the way in which the built and natural environments impact our quality of life . The opinion pieces have helped lay the groundwork for the entire Hartford community to appreciate the buildings which make the city unique and to rethink its attitudes about preserving them. Back to 2004 Awards Roster
The Watson Bliss House, a grand Victorian home located at 97-99 Wethersfield Avenue, was constructed in 1887 for Watson Bliss, a wealthy Hartford businessman. Highly elaborate, it was designed in the classic Queen Anne style, with numerous turrets, bays, balconies and gables. By the late 1990's, it was abandoned and decayed, a candidate for the city's demolition list. Instead, it was purchased by Isidro Solis, who rehabilitated the building, restored its old beauty, and converted it into six dwelling units. His actions have saved an endangered landmark and have given it new life. Back to 2004 Awards Roster
The single-family house at 64 Sherman Street in the West End was built in 1904 by William H. Scoville, one of Hartford's most prolific turn-of-the-century builder-architects. Maximilian Tondro and April Oettinger have revived the house with exceptional repainting and reroofing. The building very effectively uses contrasting colors to define its features, and its dormers have been reroofed in copper. The overall effect gives the building a sense of energy and highlights its Victorian character. Back to 2004 Awards Roster
The Weaver Building, a large yellow-brick commercial and residential structure at the corner of Albany Avenue and Woodland Street in Upper Albany, was completed in 1926. The building is owned by the Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery, one of the largest West Indian-American-owned chains in the United States. With the help of the City's Façade Improvement Program, numerous improvements were made to the facade of the building, including repointing the bricks. The repairs are part of a larger revitalization of Albany Avenue as a major business street in North Hartford. Back to 2004 Awards Roster
The monumental red brick building at 331 Wethersfield Avenue is distinguished by its large twin towers. Built in 1903, its back portion was once a huge 100-foot deep trolley barn for the Wethersfield Avenue trolley line. In the 1940's, the barn became a gym for boxing and wrestling and a hall for ice skating and dances. In 2002, The Village completed a renovation of the building, which included making full adaptive use of the rear portion of the building. It is now a service hub for The Village's South End community program. It also houses Aid to Artisans and Yo! Hartford, two community-based organizations. Back to 2004 Awards Roster
When DOT proposed to turn Columbus Boulevard at Adriæn's Landing into a pedestrian-impassable, eight-lane road, the neighborhood objected. Through the persistence and advocacy of its leaders, it succeeded in having the road redesigned, with a narrower roadway, a broad tree-lined median, on-street parking, wider sidewalks, trees on both sides of the street, and traffic-calming devices. The revised plan will produce a pedestrian-friendly urban boulevard instead of a quasi-highway. Back to 2004 Awards Roster
A graphic artist and a page designer for the Hartford Courant, Jim Kuykendall created his own project to explore all the churches of Hartford — more than 110 of them — most of which he visited by bicycle. He then picked out eight special church buildings, which he described in four articles in Northeast Magazine. His articles are remarkable not merely for their selection of buildings and their history, but for the detail and the beauty of his many drawings of the exteriors and interiors of the churches that he chose. Back to 2004 Awards Roster
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