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Waterfront paradox
Waterfront parks where the natural-comfort score is high but enclosure or connectivity is weak: beautiful lakefronts cut off from the rest of the city by Lake Shore Boulevard, rail corridors, or surface parking.
Top 20
| # | Park | Typology | Natural Comfort | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trca Lands ( 79) | Waterfront Park | 87.0 | 38.9 |
| 2 | City Wide Open Space | Waterfront Park | 85.6 | 38.2 |
| 3 | City Wide Open Space | Waterfront Park | 85.1 | 31.3 |
| 4 | Etobicoke Creek Ravine | Waterfront Park | 84.8 | 18.3 |
| 5 | Etobicoke Creek Ravine | Waterfront Park | 84.1 | 28.6 |
| 6 | City Wide Open Space | Waterfront Park | 83.5 | 30.9 |
| 7 | Rouge Park | Waterfront Park | 83.4 | 30.7 |
| 8 | Lower Highland Creek Ravine | Waterfront Park | 83.3 | 32.9 |
| 9 | Newtonbrook Park | Waterfront Park | 83.2 | 31.3 |
| 10 | Woodcliff Greenbelt | Waterfront Park | 83.2 | 27.7 |
| 11 | Etobicoke Creek Ravine | Waterfront Park | 83.2 | 27.5 |
| 12 | Thirty-Eighth Street Park | Waterfront Park | 83.1 | 36.3 |
| 13 | Highland Creek Ravine | Waterfront Park | 83.0 | 31.9 |
| 14 | Woodlands Park | Waterfront Park | 82.9 | 31.6 |
| 15 | Massey Creek Watercourse | Waterfront Park | 82.7 | 37.2 |
| 16 | Trca Lands ( 87) | Waterfront Park | 82.6 | 23.2 |
| 17 | Etobicoke Creek Ravine | Waterfront Park | 82.6 | 23.2 |
| 18 | City Wide Open Space | Waterfront Park | 82.5 | 38.0 |
| 19 | East Highland Creek Watercourse | Waterfront Park | 82.4 | 23.4 |
| 20 | Trca Lands ( 83) | Waterfront Park | 82.4 | 22.1 |