The plan includes building a skating rink, an artificial lagoon, a zoo, and other features that would rival Rizal Park.

It was dedicated in memory of former First Lady Aurora Quezon who, along with Mayor Ponciano Bernardo and several others, were killed two months earlier in an ambush in Nueva Ecija.

[7] Several facilities were added to the park over the years, including the public swimming pool which opened in 1990 and placed under the management of the Quezon City Youth and Sports Development Office.

The larger portion of the park is on the north bank in Kamuning where it is surrounded by a few government buildings such as the Kamuning Police Station 10 of the Quezon City Police District, a training center of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Quezon City Jail.

It is bordered by the Ramon Magsaysay (Cubao) High School which replaced the old city hall, and the Klinika Bernardo and Social Hygiene Clinic, a publicly funded HIV prevention, testing and treatment center.