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When I lived in the hot, humid clime called Texas, I had air conditioning, and money to run the air conditioner. Here in San Diego I still have air conditioning, and money to run the air conditioner.
However, San Diego also has “cool zones” for people without air conditioning (our normal climate allows for many homes without air conditioning) and for people without money to run the air conditioning (we have a lot of retirees on fixed incomes).
The heat and humidity wave hanging over San Diego for the past five days has caused lots of people to head to the cool zones. I was one of them.
With the San Onofre nuclear power plant being offline and the power grid here in San Diego somewhat fragile, I decided to try to do my little part by not staying at home using the air conditioner. Since libraries are designated cool zones, I thought it would be kind of neat to check out a different library each day:
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Tuesday, August 7 — College-Rolando branch of the San Diego City Library
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Wednesday, August 8 — San Diego State University library
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Thursday, August 9 — Coronado City Library (see post: I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore)
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Friday, August 10 — Serra Mesa and La Jolla branches of the San Diego City Library
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Saturday, August 11 — University of California San Diego library
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Sunday, August 12 — City Heights and Point Loma branches of the San Diego City Library, and San Diego State University library
Here are some pictures of the libraries and some of their non-book holdings:
Entrance to Love Library at San Diego State University
Under the dome, Love Library at San Diego State University
Mural at Love Library at San Diego State University
City Heights branch of the San Diego City Library
Children’s room in the City Heights branch of the San Diego City Library
Point Loma branch of the San Diego City Library
Under the dome at the Point Loma branch of the San Diego City Library
Ship in the Children’s Library at the Point Loma branch of the San Diego City Library
Sufrboard table in the Children’s Library at the Point Loma branch of the San Diego City Library
Character chairs in the Children’s Library at the Point Loma branch of the San Diego City Library
Serra Mesa Kearney Mesa branch of the San Diego City Library
La Jolla branch of the San Diego City Library
Geisel Library at the University of California San Diego
Coronado City Library
Curtiss airplane model at Coronado City Library
Model trains at Coronado City Library
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Posted on August 13, 2012, in Out & About, Photos and tagged coronado city library, geisel library, love library, san diego city library, san diego state university library, university of california san diego library. Bookmark the permalink. 16 Comments.
I love libraries.
I particularly like the Giesel library. Great idea – cool zones.
Extraordinary!
Geisel Library at the University of California, wow what a magnificent building… now that really grabs me… I love all the photos that you have shared, but that building,,, is just a wow..
More about the Geisel Library: http://russelrayphotos2.com/2012/03/02/the-geisel-library-at-the-university-of-california-san-diego/
Thank you heading there right now..
That is a fantastic way to spend a week! Love that your city devotes actual resources to the design of its libraries instead of just dropping generic boxes in place.
Wait until you see our new Central Library that currently is under construction. The architecture is awesome, quite possibly putting it into the Top 10 of architectural masterpiece libraries that I’ve visited.
I did not know that about San Diego! That is really interesting, how amazing…..I love little geographical facts like this that portray the little miracles and wonders of the world and it’s environment. Many great photos, too! You always capture such vivid colors…..
blessings to you
Celeste
No wonder you hang out at the libraries; they are so cool … like Zoey.
Blessings – Maxi
They are so beautiful. Are the “cool zone” libraries air conditioned or are they cool because of the design of the building?
They are cool because they are air conditioned. I did notice a difference in temperature, though. The libraries at SDSU and UCSD seemed to be much colder than the city libraries.
Wow, the libraries in my part of Virginia are boring compared to these!
Wow,a very readable post if you can pardon the pun! I love the character chairs
Most beautiful! Every place I travel to for a few months stay, one of the things I do first is to find the town or county library and join. It’s like home away from home.
Wow awesome shots