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Promenade Park

Other, near the bottom of the city overall (score 23, rank ~8th percentile). Strongest: natural comfort; weakest: connectivity.

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Promenade Park scores 23.1 / 100. Strongest dimensions: natural comfort and enclosure / eyes on park. 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 forvaries (see metrics)

Area · 3.77 ha

Getting around

Paths

No walking paths mapped in OpenStreetMap.

Seating

No seating mapped in OpenStreetMap.

Arrival

Nearest parking 29 m away. None of the 9 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
23/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 40%

Data Confidence
23.1 / 100

Data confidence: low

Citywide
8th
of all 3,753 parks
Among Other
24th
same primary typology
Expected for similar parks
30
median in medium Other (n=179)
Performance gap
-7
raw − expected · context confidence high
modest underperformer

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

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Street context. Park polygon highlighted on the citywide map.

Boundary: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Explain this score

Where did the 23 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
Edge Activation0 · p55
-12.5
Amenity Diversity0 · p49
-10.0
Connectivity15 · p11
-7.0
Border Vacuum Risk24 (risk)
+2.6
Natural Comfort50 · p56
+0.0
Enclosure / Eyes on Park50 · p14
+0.0

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

Promenade Park doesn't have a clear standout dimension. The strongest measured signal is natural comfort, and even that is below the city median.

What limits this park

Promenade Park is held back by connectivity (15, bottom quartile).

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally low connectivity (15, bottom quartile).

Jacobs reading

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

Tradeoffs

  • Natural comfort (50) significantly outpaces connectivity (15): restorative but hard to reach for daily use.

Performance in context

  • Reads as a modest underperformer relative to comparable parks (gap -7; cohort: medium Other).

Typology classification

confidence 30%
Other

Classified as Other: does not meet any specific typology threshold (3.8 ha, 0 amenity types, frontage 0.0/100m)

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%
0.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 3 active uses (transit_stop) and 6 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: OpenStreetMap: cafes, restaurants, shops, schools, community centres, transit, parking, highways, rail. All data sources.

Connectivity

20% weightpartial 45%
15.1 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 0 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 0 street intersections within 100 m; 10 bus stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~785 m of perimeter. low edge density, significant superblock penalty applied. Source coverage: transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m0
Intersections within 100 m0
Paths/walkways (50 m)0
Sidewalk segments (50 m)0
Transit stops (400 m)10 (0 subway/GO, 0 streetcar/LRT, 10 bus)
Estimated entrances0
Edge connections / 100 m perimeter0.00
Park perimeter785 m

Source: Toronto Centreline V2 + Pedestrian Network + OSM transit stops. All data sources.

Amenity Diversity

20% weightinferred 30%
0.0 / 100

No amenities recorded.

Source: Toronto Parks & Recreation Facilities + OSM amenity tags. All data sources.

Natural Comfort

15% weightinferred 15%
50.0 / 100

Natural Comfort requires inputs not yet loaded for this park (Treed Area / Ravine / Waterbodies / Street Trees). Score is held at a neutral 50 with low confidence. Read with caution.

Canopy coverage0.0%
Canopy area0.00 ha
Inside ravine system0.0%
Water surface inside park0.0%
Nearest water (if outside park)1,500 m
Estimated green100.0%
City-mapped trees inside polygon0
Tree density0.0 / ha
Cover diversity (Shannon, 0 to 100)0.0
Sample points used262

Source: Not loaded yet: Treed Area / Ravine / Waterbodies / Street Trees. All data sources.

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightinferred 20%
50.0 / 100

No buildings within 50 m of this park edge, typical of ravines, watercourses, and hydro corridors. Enclosure is held at a neutral 50 with low confidence; for natural areas, this metric is essentially not applicable.

Buildings within 25 m0
Buildings within 50 m0
Avg edge height0.0 m (~0 floors)
Tallest edge building0.0 m
Mid-rise (3 to 7 floors)0
Low-rise (< 3 floors)0
Towers (≥ 13 floors)0
Frontage density0.00 per 100 m perimeter
Mid-rise share of edge0%
Tower share of edge0%
Blank-edge share (proxy)100%
Park perimeter785 m

Source: Toronto 3D Massing (no nearby buildings detected). All data sources.

Border Vacuum Risk

10% weightpartial 60%
24.0 risk

Border-vacuum factors within 50 m of the park: parking_lot, 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: OpenStreetMap: highways, rail, parking. All data sources.

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: Not loaded yet: Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles. All data sources.

Amenities (0)

No amenities recorded for this park.

Nearby active-edge features (53)

  • transit stop: Clark Avenue Stop #531324 m
  • parking lot29 m
  • transit stop: Clark Avenue Stop #531230 m
  • parking lot45 m
  • parking lot56 m
  • parking lot76 m
  • parking lot76 m
  • parking lot78 m
  • transit stop: Clark Avenue / South Promenade82 m
  • parking lot109 m
  • retail: Nortown Foods114 m
  • retail: Sport Chek127 m
  • retail: Waxed Wax Bar130 m
  • retail: Royal Luxury Bedding130 m
  • parking lot131 m
  • transit stop: Clark Avenue / South Promenade134 m
  • retail: Freedom Mobile144 m
  • retail: Laura144 m
  • retail: Stitch It145 m
  • retail: La Vie en Rose148 m
  • retail: Olive Branch149 m
  • retail: WirelessWave152 m
  • retail: International News153 m
  • retail155 m
  • retail: Emmanuel Bitini155 m
  • retail: Vivah157 m
  • retail: Cellrox159 m
  • retail: Natural Solutions160 m
  • retail: Browns161 m
  • retail: Moments Watches & Jewelry163 m
  • retail165 m
  • retail: Honey169 m
  • retail: DavidsTea169 m
  • transit stop: New Westminster Drive / West Promenade169 m
  • transit stop: Clark Avenue Stop #1412170 m
  • retail: Tonyc172 m
  • parking lot174 m
  • retail: Rinascimento177 m
  • retail: LensCrafters177 m
  • retail: Melonhead177 m
  • transit stop: West Promenade / New Westminster Drive179 m
  • retail: Pandora181 m
  • retail: Walking on a Cloud185 m
  • retail: Aritzia185 m
  • retail: Soft Moc187 m
  • retail: Zoe's Fashions188 m
  • retail: Maska Mode193 m
  • retail: Fruit of the Land194 m
  • retail: H&M195 m
  • retail: Forever 21197 m
  • retail: Swarovski199 m
  • retail: Ardene199 m
  • retail: Melanie Lyne199 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Edge ActivationConnectivityAmenity DiversityNatural ComfortEnclosurePromenade Park
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
    8th
  • Edge activation
    55th
  • Connectivity
    11th
  • Amenity diversity
    49th
  • Natural comfort
    56th
  • Enclosure
    14th

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 Promenade Park 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.

  • 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

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.
  • OpenStreetMap (Overpass API)
    Cafés, restaurants, retail, transit stops, parking, highways, rail.