In 1863, at the suggestion of Alexander Bernardazzi, the park was surrounded by a sturdier cast-iron fence that was manufactured in Odessa, consisting of 460 chains and weighing 5,400 kilograms (11,900 lb).

The latter monument was designed by the sculptor Alexandru Plămădeală, and in 1989–91 was the focal point of meetings and violent clashes between Moldova's Nationalists and pro-Soviet supporters.

After the war, the Pushkin monument was relocated to the Avenue of the Classics of Moldovan Literature, and its space was taken by the wooden, two-theater Rodina cinema.

The bronze bust are set upon bases of red polished granite, and the entrance to the avenue is guarded by marble lions by an unknown sculptor.

In the later decades of Soviet power, the Alley of Friendship was created, where prominent guests of Chișinău planted trees; among were them Yuri Gagarin, Mikhail Gorbachev and Meliton Kantaria.