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Urban Plazacluster ·Active-edged · exposed parksYorkdale-Glen Park (31)confidence moderate

Glengrove / Marlee Parkette

Urban Plaza, above average overall (score 42, rank ~82th percentile). Strongest: enclosure; weakest: amenity diversity.

Photo by Flaviu Purcarin via Google Places · cached 5/9/2026

Glengrove / Marlee Parkette scores 42.1 / 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.

Best fordaily passing-throughpocket meetings

Area · 0.24 ha

Vitality Score
42/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 59%

Data Confidence
42.1 / 100
Citywide
83rd
of all 3,273 parks
Among Urban Plaza
75th
same primary typology
Expected for similar parks
36
median in pocket Urban Plaza (n=337)
Performance gap
+6
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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Street context. Park polygon highlighted on the citywide map. Connectivity, transit, and edge conditions read at a glance.
Glengrove / Marlee Parkette, aerial top-down view
Top-down view.City of Toronto orthophoto, ~8 cm/px. Reads the park’s footprint, paths, treed area, and edge conditions from above. City of Toronto Orthophoto · cot_ortho most-current MapServer · cached 5/9/2026.

Explain this score

Where did the 42 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 · p1
-10.0
Edge Activation25 · p80
-6.3
Border Vacuum Risk0 (risk)
+5.0
Enclosure / Eyes on Park78 · p80
+2.8
Connectivity54 · p62
+0.8
Natural Comfort49 · p57
-0.2

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

Glengrove / Marlee Parkette works because its enclosure score (78) is above average and its edge activation (25) is also top quartile (5 mid-rise buildings frame the edge with passive surveillance).

What limits this park

Glengrove / Marlee Parkette is held back by amenity diversity (0, bottom quartile).

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally low amenity diversity (0, bottom quartile).

Jacobs reading

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

Performance in context

  • A modest overperformer for its urban plaza typology (+6 vs the median in pocket Urban Plaza).

Typology classification

confidence 70%
Urban Plaza

Classified as Urban Plaza: 2383 m², paved (12% canopy), 33.3 buildings/100 m

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%
25.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 2 active uses (transit_stop) and 0 dead/hostile uses (none). 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%
53.8 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 1 mapped paths/walkways and 13 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 5 street intersections within 100 m; 19 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~198 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy, no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m6
Intersections within 100 m5
Paths/walkways (50 m)1
Sidewalk segments (50 m)13
Transit stops (400 m)19
Estimated entrances0
Edge connections / 100 m perimeter3.03
Park perimeter198 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% weightpartial 48%
48.8 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: 11.8% estimated tree canopy; 11 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (11.0/ha). Reading: exposed. Source coverage: treed_area, street_trees. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage11.8%
Canopy area0.03 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 polygon11
Tree density11.0 / ha
Cover diversity (Shannon, 0 to 100)52.3
Sample points used17

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%
77.5 / 100

66 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (5 mid-rise, 61 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 5.8 m (~2 floors); 33.3 buildings per 100 m of 198 m perimeter (strong frontage density); edges are barely there or single-storey; no towers immediately adjacent. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 5 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m66
Buildings within 50 m66
Avg edge height5.8 m (~2 floors)
Tallest edge building10.3 m
Mid-rise (3 to 7 floors)5
Low-rise (< 3 floors)61
Towers (≥ 13 floors)0
Frontage density33.29 per 100 m perimeter
Mid-rise share of edge8%
Tower share of edge0%
Blank-edge share (proxy)0%
Park perimeter198 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 (24)

  • transit stop: Marlee Ave at Glengrove Ave4 m
  • transit stop: Marlee Ave at Glengrove Ave61 m
  • retail: Exclusive Decor102 m
  • retail: Fragbox Corals107 m
  • restaurant: Public Kitchen108 m
  • retail: Florence Event design112 m
  • parking lot113 m
  • retail: Hairform117 m
  • parking lot121 m
  • parking lot127 m
  • retail: Dina's HairDesign & Spa127 m
  • retail: Tammy's Spa128 m
  • restaurant: Miyako Sushi133 m
  • transit stop: Marlee Ave at Glencairn Ave135 m
  • retail: Marlee Variety138 m
  • transit stop: Glencairn Ave at Marlee Ave147 m
  • transit stop: Glencairn Ave at Marlee Ave159 m
  • retail: Mar-Ville Salon163 m
  • transit stop: Marlee Ave at Glencairn Ave166 m
  • cafe: Java Dolice170 m
  • restaurant: Tamayan174 m
  • retail: Hair Form Design179 m
  • retail: The Nail Place183 m
  • retail: Spa Velvet Touch188 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Edge ActivationConnectivityAmenity DiversityNatural ComfortEnclosureGlengrove / Marlee 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
    82th
  • Edge activation
    80th
  • Connectivity
    62th
  • Amenity diversity
    1th
  • Natural comfort
    57th
  • Enclosure
    80th

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.

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.

flagged for review
Visitor signal score32 / 100
32.3 / 100

p22 citywide · p18 within Urban Plaza

Volume (saturated)19
Density / ha83
Rating contribution88
Match dampener×0.55
Average rating
★ 4.5
out of 5
Ratings collected
117
total reviews
Photos uploaded
10
total contributors
  • match flagged for human review, confidence dampened

Source: Google Places API · match needs_review (0.41 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 Glengrove / Marlee 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.

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.
  • 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: 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.