It consists of a collection of sculptures by multiple artists, playgrounds, piers,[3] and is considered one of the vital hotspots of the city, and one of its symbols.

The area of the park used to consist of a long borderlike line of houses, warehouses and offices.

This restricted the movement of the citizens, which was the standard way of living during Ottoman rule.

After the Cyprus convention of 1878, a secret agreement between the Ottomans and Britain which ceded administrative power to the British, the seafront of the city began transforming into what we see today, after the British governor ordered the demolition of the houses which had their walls facing the sea, as well as the construction of the first major pier.

[5][3] It is one of the projects which gave the city its lost identity as a seaside town.