Logan Avenue Parkette
Urban Plaza, above average overall (score 41, rank ~80th percentile). Strongest: connectivity; weakest: amenity diversity.
Photo by D' Ari via Google Places · cached 5/9/2026
Logan Avenue Parkette scores 41.1 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and connectivity. 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 · 0.15 ha
Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 61%
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 41 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
Logan Avenue Parkette works because its connectivity score (70) is in the top tier and its enclosure (81) is also top quartile (15 transit stops sit within a 400 m walk; 15 intersections fall within 100 m of the edge).
What limits this park
Logan Avenue Parkette doesn't have a clear weakness. Every measured dimension is at or above the middle of the pack.
Most distinctive characteristic
Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high connectivity (70, top decile).
Jacobs reading
Logan Avenue Parkette 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 (81) but the surrounding streets are quiet (edge activation 7): frame without animation.
Typology classification
Classified as Urban Plaza: 1509 m², paved (18% canopy), 41.9 buildings/100 m
Edge Activation
Within 100 m of the park edge: 39 active uses (restaurant, retail, transit_stop, cafe) and 10 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 8 mapped paths/walkways and 18 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 15 street intersections within 100 m; 15 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 2 estimated access points across ~241 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: 18.2% estimated tree canopy; nearest waterbody ~921 m; 1 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (1.0/ha). Reading: exposed. Source coverage: treed_area, waterbodies, street_trees. 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
101 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (7 mid-rise, 94 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 6.9 m (~2 floors); 41.9 buildings per 100 m of 241 m perimeter (strong frontage density); edges are low-rise (mostly 2 to 3 floors); no towers immediately adjacent. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 7 mid-rise edge buildings.
Source: Toronto 3D Massing (building footprints + heights)
Border Vacuum 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
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 lot39 m
- retail: Lord Byron Men’s Hairstyling42 m
- restaurant: Alexandros52 m
- parking lot59 m
- restaurant: Mezes60 m
- cafe: One Gram By Primo60 m
- retail60 m
- retail: Fruitland60 m
- retail: Rowe Farms60 m
- cafe: Tim Hortons64 m
- cafe: Red Rocket Coffee64 m
- parking lot66 m
- restaurant: Ala Antioch Express66 m
- retail: blo67 m
- restaurant: Christina’s69 m
- restaurant: The Friendly Greek70 m
- restaurant: Kalyvia Restaurant71 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue75 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue75 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue75 m
- retail: Jade Thread and Wax Bar76 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue76 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue77 m
- parking lot77 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue78 m
- retail: Urban Curls Boutique79 m
- restaurant: Estiatorio Soulas80 m
- retail: Tsaa82 m
- retail: Chester Variety85 m
- restaurant: Casa Manila86 m
- restaurant: VIP Billiard & Lounge91 m
- restaurant: Salonika Estiatorio92 m
- restaurant: Mocha Mocha92 m
- restaurant: Messini92 m
- cafe: Gong Cha93 m
- restaurant: Wanas Shawarma93 m
- restaurant: Menali93 m
- restaurant: El Charro93 m
- restaurant: Monkey Sushi93 m
- retail: easyfinancial93 m
- restaurant: Casa Sushi93 m
- restaurant: Komi Banh Mi Bar93 m
- restaurant: Sambal94 m
- restaurant: bb.q Chicken95 m
- restaurant: Chef Mustafa96 m
- restaurant: Stacked97 m
- retail: Vaffi Salon & Aesthetics99 m
- cafe: Caffé Demetre99 m
- transit stop: Chester East99 m
- retail: Danforth Barber Shop100 m
- restaurant: The Burger's Priest103 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue107 m
- retail: Athens Pastries107 m
- retail: Glamazing111 m
- restaurant: Astoria112 m
- restaurant: Pantheon114 m
- restaurant: Koh Samiji115 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue115 m
- retail: The Night Baker118 m
- restaurant: Mary Brown's120 m
- restaurant: MomoHut & Gardens Inc121 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue122 m
- transit stop: Chester Avenue123 m
- restaurant: Herby124 m
- transit stop: Chester West126 m
- retail: Rosy Nails127 m
- restaurant: The Ballyhoo Public House129 m
- retail: Lucky Spot132 m
- retail: Bom Dia Cafe and Bakery134 m
- retail: Chrysalis134 m
- retail135 m
- transit stop: Chester135 m
- transit stop: Chester135 m
- cafe: 521 Cafe & Bar136 m
- parking lot138 m
- cafe: Trinacria138 m
- retail: Becker's Bridals139 m
- restaurant: Tacos Moras141 m
- transit stop: Chester Avenue144 m
- retail: Alex Farm Cheese145 m
Park profile
Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.
Citywide percentile ranks
Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.
- Overall vitality80th
- Edge activation67th
- Connectivity90th
- Amenity diversity60th
- Natural comfort71th
- Enclosure86th
Most similar parks
Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.
- Garrison Creek ParkRavine / Naturalized Park31
- Spadina ParkUrban Plaza41
- East York Hydro Green SpaceCorridor / Linear Park33
- Everett ParkUrban Plaza39
- Glebe Manor SquareCivic Square39
Most opposite parks
Furthest in metric space. Useful for recognising what kind of park this isn’t.
- Toronto Islands - Muggs Island ParkRavine / Naturalized Park25
- Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park21
- Trca Lands ( 26)Ravine / Naturalized Park27
- Rouge ParkWaterfront Park25
- Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park18
Visitor signals
Public attention measured by Google Places aggregates. This proxies attention, not occupancy. Aggregate-only: no usernames, no review text, no extra photos beyond the cached hero.
p37 citywide · p26 within Urban Plaza
Source: Google Places API · match high (0.96 composite confidence) · last refreshed 5/9/2026. Privacy contract. Measures public attention, not occupancy.
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 Logan Avenue 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.
- Activate the edges: encourage cafés, retail or community uses on the streets that face the park; replace blank or parking-lot edges where possible.
- 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: Parks (Green Space)Polygon boundaries, official names, types.
- 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.