Urban Plazacluster ·Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Parks (enclosure-leaning)Kensington-Chinatown (78)confidence moderatereal Toronto data

Glasgow Street Parkette

Urban Plaza, one of the city's strongest overall (score 50, rank ~95th percentile). Strongest: enclosure; weakest: natural comfort.

Aerial — City of Toronto orthophoto, ~8 cm/px source · cached 5/9/2026

Glasgow Street Parkette scores 49.9 / 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 for:daily passing-throughpocket meetings

Area · 0.03 ha

Vitality Score

50/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 56%

Data Confidence

49.9 / 100

Citywide

95th

of all 3,273 parks

Among Urban Plaza

92nd

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in pocket Urban Plaza (n=337)

Performance gap

+14

raw − expected · context confidence high

strong overperformer

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

Explain this score

Where did the 50 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 · p41

-10.0

Border Vacuum Risk0 (risk)

+5.0

Enclosure / Eyes on Park97 · p100

+4.7

Natural Comfort31 · p14

-2.8

Edge Activation58 · p98

+2.1

Connectivity54 · p63

+0.9

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

Glasgow Street Parkette works because its enclosure score (97) is one of the city's strongest and its edge activation (58) is also top decile (21 mid-rise buildings frame the edge with passive surveillance).

What limits this park

Glasgow Street Parkette is held back by natural comfort (31, bottom quartile)— only 0% canopy means little summer shade.

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high enclosure (97, top decile).

Jacobs reading

Glasgow Street Parkette sits between an urban social park and an ecological retreat — moderately useful for both, exceptionally suited to neither.

Performance in context

This park is a strong overperformer for its cohort — raw 50 versus an expected 36 for similar parks (pocket Urban Plaza) (gap +14).

Typology classification

confidence 70%

Urban Plaza

Classified as Urban Plaza: 265 m², paved (0% canopy), 66.0 buildings/100 m

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

58.4 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 28 active uses (restaurant, cafe, retail) and 3 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%

54.4 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 10 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 17 street intersections within 100 m; 11 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~68 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy — no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m1

Intersections within 100 m17

Paths/walkways (50 m)0

Sidewalk segments (50 m)10

Transit stops (400 m)11

Estimated entrances0

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter1.00

Park perimeter68 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%

31.1 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 0.0% estimated tree canopy; 1 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (1.0/ha). Reading: exposed. Source coverage: street_trees. 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)1,500 m

Estimated green100.0%

City-mapped trees inside polygon1

Tree density1.0 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0–100)0.0

Sample points used8

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

97.3 / 100

66 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (21 mid-rise, 44 low-rise, 1 tower); avg edge height 9.6 m (~3 floors); 66.0 buildings per 100 m of 68 m perimeter — strong frontage density; edges are at a Jacobs-scale walkable mid-rise (3–7 floors); 1 tower ≥ 40 m within 25 m of the edge. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 21 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m66

Buildings within 50 m66

Avg edge height9.6 m (~3 floors)

Tallest edge building72.9 m

Mid-rise (3–7 floors)21

Low-rise (< 3 floors)44

Towers (≥ 13 floors)1

Frontage density66.00 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge32%

Tower share of edge2%

Blank-edge share (proxy)0%

Park perimeter68 m

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

Border Vacuum Risk

10% weightpartial 60%

0.0 risk

Park edges face the city — no significant border vacuum detected.

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 (80)

parking lot60 m
retail — Collective61 m
retail — J Hair61 m
retail — Han Bingo61 m
retail — Reiwatakiya61 m
retail — Nail Diary Studio61 m
retail — XOXO Tea62 m
retail — In Fashion62 m
restaurant — Spice & Aroma63 m
retail — Yogo Yugurt64 m
restaurant — Kokumi Mini Hot Pot64 m
restaurant — A1 Stone Pot65 m
restaurant — Anh Dao65 m
restaurant — Sizzler Kabab66 m
retail — Play De Record67 m
restaurant — Jian Bing Club68 m
restaurant — Crimson Teas69 m
retail — Gao Jun Chinese Arts & Crafts Center72 m
parking lot76 m
restaurant — Kung Fu Duck77 m
restaurant — Grossman's Tavern79 m
restaurant — Tasty's Restaurant & Catering80 m
restaurant — Mother's Dumplings81 m
retail — Lucky's Trading Co. Ltd.87 m
retail — 180° Smoke Vape Store87 m
retail — Tankx E-bike91 m
restaurant — Bank Bao93 m
parking lot95 m
restaurant — Flaming Noodles96 m
restaurant — Korean Grillhouse96 m
cafe — CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice98 m
restaurant — Qin's Garden103 m
restaurant — Yin Ji Chang Fen104 m
restaurant — Canton Chili106 m
retail — Maga T-shirt Warehouse106 m
retail — Cotton Best106 m
retail — Furonto Impex106 m
retail — Cozy Grotto106 m
restaurant — Song Tea107 m
restaurant — Chongqing Chicken Hot Pot107 m
restaurant — Xiaobiandan107 m
retail — Super Vape107 m
retail — Daniel's Art Supplies107 m
restaurant — Hungking107 m
restaurant — Thai Country Kitchen108 m
restaurant — New Ho King109 m
community — YSM Evergreen Centre110 m
retail — Sahar111 m
retail — House of Mush!112 m
retail — Elsa Fashions112 m
retail — Creeps113 m
retail — JJ international113 m
retail — Emmo114 m
retail — Gotcha114 m
retail — Toronto Hair Care115 m
restaurant — Krispy Kreme117 m
restaurant — A Sezchuan Restaurant118 m
restaurant — Ramen Station118 m
restaurant — Pizza Nova119 m
transit stop — Nassau Street119 m
restaurant — Fortune-King Hotpot122 m
restaurant — Red Lounge123 m
retail — Tech Source125 m
transit stop — College Street126 m
restaurant — Tastys Chicken & Donuts127 m
restaurant — Popeyes127 m
restaurant — Panera Bread127 m
retail — Mushroom Healing128 m
retail — Gwartzman128 m
restaurant — Daldongnae132 m
cafe — Project Seoul132 m
restaurant — Taco Bell133 m
parking lot133 m
retail — Shawarma Max135 m
retail — A&C Games135 m
cafe — Ninetails Coffee135 m
retail137 m
restaurant — Simmer Huang138 m
retail — Net Plaza138 m
parking lot138 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
95th
Edge activation
98th
Connectivity
63th
Amenity diversity
41th
Natural comfort
14th
Enclosure
100th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Hto Park WestUrban Plaza49
Boswell ParketteUrban Plaza48
City Wide Open SpaceUrban Plaza47
Montclair Avenue ParketteUrban Plaza50
Ed And Anne Mirvish ParketteUrban Plaza45

Most opposite parks

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

Trca Lands ( 26)Ravine / Naturalized Park27
Toronto Islands - Muggs Island ParkRavine / Naturalized Park25
Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park28
Rouge ParkWaterfront Park25
Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park26

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 Glasgow Street Parkettematters. 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.

What would improve this park?

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

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

City of Toronto Open Data — Parks (Green Space)
Polygon boundaries, official names, types.
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.