Gene Domagala Park
Urban Plaza, above average overall (score 40, rank ~72th percentile). Strongest: enclosure; weakest: amenity diversity.
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Gene Domagala Park scores 40.1 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and natural comfort. 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.
Area · 0.04 ha
Getting around
No walking paths mapped in OpenStreetMap.
No seating mapped in OpenStreetMap.
Nearest parking 55 m away. None of the 7 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.
Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 61%
Data confidence: moderate
Scores are not bell-curved. Percentiles and expected scores provide context without changing the underlying model.
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The parks map is loading.Explain this score
Where did the 40 come from? Each weighted contribution against a neutral 50 baseline. Green = pushed up; red = pulled down.
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
Gene Domagala Park works because its enclosure score (96) is one of the city's strongest and its edge activation (15) is also above-average (16 mid-rise buildings frame the edge with passive surveillance).
What limits this park
Gene Domagala Park is held back by amenity diversity (0, bottom quartile).
Most distinctive characteristic
Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high enclosure (96, top decile).
Jacobs reading
Gene Domagala Park sits between an urban social park and an ecological retreat: moderately useful for both, exceptionally suited to neither.
Tradeoffs
- The park is enclosed by buildings (96) but the surrounding streets are quiet (edge activation 15): frame without animation.
Typology classification
Classified as Urban Plaza: 385 m², paved (13% canopy), 39.7 buildings/100 m
Edge Activation
Within 100 m of the park edge: 15 active uses (retail, transit_stop) and 7 dead/hostile uses (parking_lot, highway). 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
Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 4 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 6 street intersections within 100 m; 27 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~116 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy, no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.
Source: Toronto Centreline V2 + Pedestrian Network + OSM transit stops
Amenity Diversity
No amenities recorded. Score is 0 until inventory is loaded.
Source: Toronto Parks & Recreation Facilities + OSM amenity tags
Natural Comfort
Natural-comfort components for this park: 12.5% estimated tree canopy; nearest waterbody ~1158 m. Reading: exposed. Source coverage: treed_area, waterbodies. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).
Source: Toronto Treed Area + Ravine + Waterbodies + Street Tree Inventory
Enclosure / Eyes on Park
46 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (16 mid-rise, 28 low-rise, 2 tower); avg edge height 14.3 m (~5 floors); 39.7 buildings per 100 m of 116 m perimeter (strong frontage density); edges are at a Jacobs-scale walkable mid-rise (3 to 7 floors); 2 towers ≥ 40 m within 25 m of the edge. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 16 mid-rise edge buildings.
Source: Toronto 3D Massing (building footprints + heights)
Border Vacuum Risk
Park edges face the city. No significant border vacuum detected.
Source: Toronto Street Centreline (highways) + rail layer + OSM landuse + building footprints
Equity Context
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 (67)
- retail: Danforth Picture Frames42 m
- retail: Danforth Village Quality Fruits & Vegetables42 m
- retail: ASM Wireless43 m
- retail: Perfume Depot & Cosmetics44 m
- retail: Real Bargain44 m
- retail: The Main Spot47 m
- retail: A to Z Discount49 m
- retail: Janny Fruit Mart53 m
- retail: A+ Cut54 m
- parking lot55 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue61 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue61 m
- retail: Hakim Optical63 m
- transit stop: Danforth Avenue67 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue76 m
- transit stop: Danforth Avenue83 m
- transit stop: Danforth Avenue87 m
- parking lot88 m
- parking lot89 m
- retail: Wellwise97 m
- transit stop: Danforth Avenue99 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue100 m
- transit stop: Danforth Avenue102 m
- retail: SN Gold Jewelry Buyers-Cash For Gold109 m
- restaurant: Sultan Shawarma & Falafel111 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue114 m
- parking lot117 m
- retail: Beauty One120 m
- parking lot123 m
- retail: Pavillion Pastries Cafe126 m
- retail: Main Square Smoke & Gift129 m
- transit stop: Danforth133 m
- retail: Dignity Memorial Giffen-Mack Funeral Home137 m
- parking lot137 m
- transit stop: Danforth142 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue144 m
- rail: Kingston Subdivision149 m
- rail: Kingston Subdivision153 m
- retail: Selam Furniture & Mattress155 m
- restaurant: Baital Muqadas Halal Pizza & Wings159 m
- retail: Go Transit160 m
- rail: Kingston Subdivision161 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue161 m
- parking lot161 m
- transit stop: Main Street Station162 m
- retail164 m
- cafe: Press Vinyl Cafe164 m
- retail: Value Buds167 m
- retail: Shewa Grocery & Variety169 m
- transit stop: Main Street170 m
- retail173 m
- retail173 m
- cafe: Great Fruit Bubble Tea176 m
- retail: Budside Cannabis Store178 m
- cafe: Tim Hortons179 m
- transit stop: Main Street Station181 m
- retail: Many Chances Health Spa182 m
- transit stop: Main Street Station183 m
- retail: Wine Rack187 m
- transit stop: Main Street187 m
- retail: NaNa Florist188 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue190 m
- transit stop: Main Street191 m
- restaurant: Subway193 m
- retail193 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue194 m
- transit stop: Main Street Station196 m
Park profile
Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.
Citywide percentile ranks
Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.
- Overall vitality72th
- Edge activation74th
- Connectivity51th
- Amenity diversity18th
- Natural comfort64th
- Enclosure99th
Most similar parks
Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.
- Traymore ParkRavine / Naturalized Park40
- Kenaston Gardens ParketteUrban Plaza38
- Arc ParkUrban Plaza37
- City Wide Open SpaceWaterfront Park43
- City Wide Open SpaceWaterfront Park43
Most opposite parks
Furthest in metric space. Useful for recognising what kind of park this isn’t.
- Toronto Islands - Centre Island ParkWaterfront Park55
- Sir Casimir Gzowski ParkWaterfront Park34
- Toronto Islands - Island ParkWaterfront Park57
- Kew GardensNeighbourhood Park75
- Toronto ZooWaterfront Park67
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?
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Tell us how this park feels
We measure structure (canopy, edges, connectivity). You measure feeling. Both matter, and disagreement is itself useful civic data.
What would improve this park?
Generated from the weakest measured dimensions: a starting point, not a prescription.
- Activate the edges: encourage cafés, retail or community uses on the streets that face the park; replace blank or parking-lot edges where possible.
- 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.
Data sources
- City of Toronto Open Data: Green SpacesPolygon boundaries, official names, land classes. Boundaries are reconciled against OpenStreetMap (ODbL) for new and updated parks.
- Parks & Recreation FacilitiesInventory of in-park amenities (washrooms, fields, rinks…).
- Toronto Pedestrian NetworkSidewalk segments around and through parks; estimated park entrances.
- Toronto Centreline V2Street segments + intersection nodes near park edges; trails and walkways.
- Toronto 3D MassingBuilding footprints + heights for edge-building counts, frontage density, and tower-in-the-park risk.
- Toronto Treed AreaTree canopy share inside park polygons via stratified-grid sampling.
- Toronto Waterbodies & RiversWater surface inside parks + nearest-water distance for cooling.
- Ravine & Natural Feature ProtectionRavine overlap as a cooling / natural-comfort signal.
- Toronto Street Tree InventoryTree count + density inside park polygons.
- Neighbourhood Profiles(Pending) Equity context proxy.
- OpenStreetMap (Overpass API)Cafés, restaurants, retail, transit stops, parking, highways, rail.