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Urban PlazaType:Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Park (enclosure-leaning)Wellington Place

Adelaide Place Parkette

Urban Plaza, in the top tier overall (score 45, rank ~86th percentile). Strongest: edge activation; weakest: natural comfort.

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Adelaide Place Parkette scores 45.2 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and edge activation. Weakest: amenity diversity (0). Border-vacuum risk is low. This score is a transparent reading of Jane Jacobs-style vitality factors, not a definitive judgment.

Best fordaily passing-throughpocket meetings

Area · 0.06 ha

Getting around

Paths

10 m of mapped path. Too little surface tagging to say how much is paved.

Too little path mapped to check for steps.

Seating

No seating mapped in OpenStreetMap.

Arrival

Nearest parking 37 m away. None of the 13 nearby lots records whether it has accessible spaces.

Path, seating and parking data comes from OpenStreetMap and reflects what volunteers have mapped, not a survey. Absence here means nobody has recorded it. This section does not assess wheelchair access: the relevant OpenStreetMap tag is present on well under 1% of Toronto paths.

Vitality Score
45/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 56%

Data Confidence
45.2 / 100

Data confidence: moderate

Citywide
86th
of all 3,752 parks
Among Urban Plaza
75th
same primary typology
Expected for similar parks
38
median in pocket Urban Plaza (n=352)
Performance gap
+7
raw − expected · context confidence high
modest overperformer

Scores are not bell-curved. Percentiles and expected scores provide context without changing the underlying model.

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Explain this score

Where did the 45 come from? Each weighted contribution against a neutral 50 baseline. Green = pushed up; red = pulled down.

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What pushed this score up or down vs a neutral 50weight × score
Amenity Diversity0 · p16
-10.0
Enclosure / Eyes on Park91 · p97
+4.1
Natural Comfort23 · p3
-4.0
Border Vacuum Risk12 (risk)
+3.8
Edge Activation55 · p97
+1.3
Connectivity50 · p58
-0.1

Sum of contributions = the headline score. A negative bar means that dimension dragged the park below the city-wide neutral baseline.

Why this park works

Adelaide Place Parkette works because its edge activation score (55) is one of the city's strongest and its enclosure (91) is also top decile (its perimeter is lined with active uses).

What limits this park

Adelaide Place Parkette is held back by natural comfort (23, bottom quartile): only 0% canopy means little summer shade.

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally low natural comfort (23, bottom quartile).

Jacobs reading

Adelaide Place Parkette sits between an urban social park and an ecological retreat: moderately useful for both, exceptionally suited to neither.

Tradeoffs

  • Connectivity (50) significantly outpaces natural comfort (23): well placed in the city but offers little shade or ecological respite.
  • 10 nearby towers cast wind and shadow without contributing canopy: passive surveillance is plentiful but human-scale comfort is not.

Performance in context

  • A modest overperformer for its urban plaza typology (+7 vs the median in pocket Urban Plaza).

Typology classification

confidence 70%
Urban Plaza

Classified as Urban Plaza: 640 m², paved (0% canopy), 48.0 buildings/100 m

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%
55.4 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 15 active uses (transit_stop, restaurant, retail, cafe) and 2 dead/hostile uses (parking_lot). Active edges keep "eyes on the park" through the day; parking lots, blank institutional walls, rail and highway frontages drain street life.

Source: OSM POIs (amenity/shop) + Toronto Building Footprints + land use

Connectivity

20% weightmeasured 85%
49.5 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 7 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 7 street intersections within 100 m; 22 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~108 m of perimeter. moderate edge density, small superblock penalty applied. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m1
Intersections within 100 m7
Paths/walkways (50 m)0
Sidewalk segments (50 m)7
Transit stops (400 m)22
Estimated entrances0
Edge connections / 100 m perimeter0.92
Park perimeter108 m

Source: Toronto Centreline V2 + Pedestrian Network + OSM transit stops

Amenity Diversity

20% weightinferred 30%
0.0 / 100

No amenities recorded. Score is 0 until inventory is loaded.

Source: Toronto Parks & Recreation Facilities + OSM amenity tags

Natural Comfort

15% weightinferred 24%
23.4 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 0.0% estimated tree canopy; nearest waterbody ~1032 m. Reading: exposed. Source coverage: waterbodies. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage0.0%
Canopy area0.00 ha
Inside ravine system0.0%
Water surface inside park0.0%
Nearest water (if outside park)1,032 m
Estimated green100.0%
City-mapped trees inside polygon0
Tree density0.0 / ha
Cover diversity (Shannon, 0 to 100)0.0
Sample points used16

Source: Toronto Treed Area + Ravine + Waterbodies + Street Tree Inventory

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%
91.0 / 100

52 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (23 mid-rise, 19 low-rise, 10 tower); avg edge height 21.2 m (~7 floors); 48.0 buildings per 100 m of 108 m perimeter (strong frontage density); edges lean tall but still framed; 10 towers ≥ 40 m within 25 m of the edge. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 23 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m52
Buildings within 50 m52
Avg edge height21.2 m (~7 floors)
Tallest edge building56.0 m
Mid-rise (3 to 7 floors)23
Low-rise (< 3 floors)19
Towers (≥ 13 floors)10
Frontage density47.96 per 100 m perimeter
Mid-rise share of edge44%
Tower share of edge19%
Blank-edge share (proxy)0%
Park perimeter108 m

Source: Toronto 3D Massing (building footprints + heights)

Border Vacuum Risk

10% weightpartial 60%
12.0 risk

Border-vacuum factors within 50 m of the park: parking_lot. Jacobs warned that highways, rail, parking lots and blank institutional edges act as "vacuums" that suppress foot traffic and isolate the park from its neighbourhood.

Source: Toronto Street Centreline (highways) + rail layer + OSM landuse + building footprints

Equity Context

contextinferred 15%
50.0 / 100

Equity Context requires inputs not yet loaded for this park (Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles). Score is held at a neutral 50 with low confidence. Read with caution.

Source: Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles

Amenities (0)

No amenities recorded for this park.

Nearby active-edge features (77)

  • retail: OGX Barbershop28 m
  • parking lot37 m
  • restaurant: Hello Nori61 m
  • restaurant: Lapinou62 m
  • retail: Reprodux63 m
  • restaurant: Boru63 m
  • parking lot77 m
  • retail: BlackToe Running77 m
  • transit stop: Bathurst Street80 m
  • transit stop: Bathurst Street85 m
  • restaurant: Chubby's Jamaican Kitchen89 m
  • restaurant: King Taps92 m
  • restaurant: Little Sister94 m
  • restaurant: Lavelle95 m
  • cafe: Starbucks96 m
  • restaurant: VELA98 m
  • restaurant: Oretta100 m
  • cafe: Forget Me Not Cafe101 m
  • restaurant: My Meatball Place102 m
  • retail: Phoenix Cannabis104 m
  • retail: Native Trade Cannabis106 m
  • restaurant: Campechano Taqueria106 m
  • retail: Forno Cultura109 m
  • transit stop: King Street West112 m
  • restaurant: WVRST113 m
  • retail: Hammam Spa115 m
  • restaurant: Earls120 m
  • transit stop: King Street West120 m
  • cafe: Jimmy's Coffee121 m
  • retail: Blo124 m
  • restaurant: Lee Restaurant126 m
  • transit stop: King Street West126 m
  • retail: One Plant130 m
  • restaurant: Lou Dawgs130 m
  • parking lot131 m
  • parking lot131 m
  • parking lot132 m
  • parking lot132 m
  • restaurant: Locals Only133 m
  • transit stop: King Street West136 m
  • restaurant: Añejo136 m
  • restaurant: Ruby Soho137 m
  • parking lot141 m
  • restaurant: McDonald's142 m
  • transit stop: Portland Street146 m
  • restaurant: Wheatsheaf Tavern147 m
  • restaurant: DPRTMNT151 m
  • parking lot153 m
  • retail: Dollarama154 m
  • restaurant: Wang Lang155 m
  • restaurant: Chamberlains Pony Bar156 m
  • restaurant: Wild Wing159 m
  • restaurant: Orchard Kitchen159 m
  • retail: John's Mart161 m
  • retail: King Vape Shop163 m
  • restaurant: The Burger's Priest164 m
  • restaurant: Public Gardens169 m
  • restaurant: GRETA Bar YYZ173 m
  • retail: Busy Bee King Mart173 m
  • restaurant: 6ixdonutz174 m
  • restaurant: Big Smoke Burger174 m
  • retail175 m
  • parking lot175 m
  • transit stop: Portland Street176 m
  • retail178 m
  • restaurant: 2 Cats Cocktail Lounge181 m
  • restaurant: Hero Certified Burgers183 m
  • parking lot184 m
  • restaurant: Tut's185 m
  • restaurant: Maxime’s186 m
  • parking lot188 m
  • restaurant: Alpha’s Shawarma188 m
  • restaurant: Hibachi Teppanyaki & Bar189 m
  • retail: Canna Cabana193 m
  • parking lot194 m
  • parking lot196 m
  • retail: XEXE Gallery196 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Edge ActivationConnectivityAmenity DiversityNatural ComfortEnclosureAdelaide Place Parkette
Edge activation, connectivity, amenity diversity, natural comfort, and enclosure, each 0 to 100.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

  • Overall vitality
    86th
  • Edge activation
    97th
  • Connectivity
    58th
  • Amenity diversity
    16th
  • Natural comfort
    3th
  • Enclosure
    97th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Most opposite parks

Furthest in metric space. Useful for recognising what kind of park this isn’t.

Human activity signals: not available

No activity signals have landed for this park yet. The model has scored its physical form but it can’t yet say how often it’s programmed, photographed, or walked through. See /data-ethics for what we will and will not collect.

Does this score feel accurate?

Your read of Adelaide Place Parkette matters. We’re testing whether the model lines up with how people actually use the park. Submissions are stored locally; no account needed.

Tell us how this park feels

We measure structure (canopy, edges, connectivity). You measure feeling. Both matter, and disagreement is itself useful civic data.

Rate this park on as many dimensions as you have an opinion about. 1 = not at all, 5 = strongly. Skip the ones you don't feel sure about. Aggregated only, no comments stored at the row level.

feels socially active
feels comfortable
feels safe
feels connected
feels welcoming
feels ecological / natural
feels good for lingering
feels family-friendly
feels culturally important
70%

What would improve this park?

Generated from the weakest measured dimensions: a starting point, not a prescription.

  • Add or open more entrances and improve sidewalk continuity around the park. More permeability means more spontaneous use.
  • Diversify what people can do in the park (playground, washroom, water, shade, performance, sport, garden): even small additions raise this score.
  • Increase canopy and reduce paved area. Shade and water features extend usable hours and seasons.

Data sources

real Toronto data
  • City of Toronto Open Data: Green Spaces
    Polygon boundaries, official names, land classes. Boundaries are reconciled against OpenStreetMap (ODbL) for new and updated parks.
  • Parks & Recreation Facilities
    Inventory of in-park amenities (washrooms, fields, rinks…).
  • Toronto Pedestrian Network
    Sidewalk segments around and through parks; estimated park entrances.
  • Toronto Centreline V2
    Street segments + intersection nodes near park edges; trails and walkways.
  • Toronto 3D Massing
    Building footprints + heights for edge-building counts, frontage density, and tower-in-the-park risk.
  • Toronto Treed Area
    Tree canopy share inside park polygons via stratified-grid sampling.
  • Toronto Waterbodies & Rivers
    Water surface inside parks + nearest-water distance for cooling.
  • Ravine & Natural Feature Protection
    Ravine overlap as a cooling / natural-comfort signal.
  • Toronto Street Tree Inventory
    Tree count + density inside park polygons.
  • Neighbourhood Profiles
    (Pending) Equity context proxy.
  • OpenStreetMap (Overpass API)
    Cafés, restaurants, retail, transit stops, parking, highways, rail.