Location: Santa Rosa, California Type: Apartment re-design based upon CPTED principles Designed: 1997 Status: mpleted Size: 10 blocks Contact: Alan B. Cohen, Architect 205 Center Street Healdsburg, CA 95404 (707) 431-7100     Download PDF Version of this project 1.66 (MB) >>

In 1997, Apple Valley Lane was one of the most dangerous and crime-ridden neighborhoods of Santa Rosa. That year, the City of Santa Rosa Housing and Redevelopment Department contracted with Architect Alan Cohen and Laura Hall (while at Fisher & Hall Urban Design) as part of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program to redesign the apartments based upon the principles of CPTED and defensible space.

“The area of Apple Valley Lane is one of the highest-crime neighborhoods in the city.”(Press Democrat, May 1997)	Using the principles of CPTED and defensible space, Laura Hall and Architect Alan Cohen redesigned the front elevations and semi-private spaces of the Apple Valley Lane apartments.
Before & after photos of Apple Valley Lane apartments. “Members of the community are no longer afraid to come out of their homes at night.” --Mike Casey, Santa Rosa Deputy City Attorney, June 13, 2000.