"[7] Larsen Park opened with outdoor card rooms, one each for men and women; a baseball diamond; tennis courts; and a soccer field.

[12] At the playground the Crusader was set almost flush with the ground, the cockpit was filled with concrete, the engine was replaced with a corrugated-metal crawl space, and a slide was attached to the side of the plane.

[13][14] The Crusader was removed in 1993 after city park officials were unwilling to pay US$40,000 (equivalent to $86,800 in 2023) for lead paint abatement;[13] it was subsequently restored and is on display (but no climbing is allowed) at the Pacific Coast Air Museum (PCAM) in Santa Rosa.

[14] In gratitude for rescuing the Crusader, the National Naval Aviation Museum loaned several more planes to PCAM, including an A-6E Intruder, a F-14A Tomcat, and a F-16N Viper.

[13][16] However, Peterson was removed from the project in June 2015 after the management team concluded he could not meet the contract specifications, and the jet sculpture was redesigned and built by GameTime instead.

[21] The new pool building was designed by architects Mark Cavagnero[22] and Paulett Taggart,[23] and features "Swimmer's Waves,"[24] an installation comprising a set of porcelain enamel-on-steel photographic prints from Catherine Wagner.

[26] The water level is set flush with the floor, and together with the floor-to-ceiling windows and general southern slope of the site, Wawona Street to the south of the building seems to disappear from the swimmers' perspective in the pool, leaving a grand view of Stern Grove.