 Cafesjian received accolades and recognition from both the U.S. and Armenia institutions, including the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2000 and COAF Save a Generation Award in 2010.Cafesjian completely renovated the Cascade site in downtown Yerevan, Armenia.As of the early 2000s, it was an unfinished and crumbling Soviet structure of epic proportions on a hillside.