Library Tour: North Park Library
We're off to the hip and LGBTQIA+ friendly neighborhood of North Park for our 6th stop!
Tucked inside the hip neighborhood of North Park is the very comfy North Park Library, one of the very few free activities you can do in the area. On this day, I was going to go watch Trixie Mattel DJ’s set so I figured what better way to pre-game a Trixie show than go to the library and read. What can I say? I like to party hard.
Apologies for forgetting to take a picture of the outside but there was a person dealing with their bike and I didn’t want to disturb them. Then I forgot to take a picture as I was leaving, so enjoy some pictures of the inside. This library is housed in a building that was built in 1959 and in 1987 it received an expansion to make it 8,000 square feet. It is one of the smaller libraries that I’ve visited so far in this tour, but I really enjoyed the layout. There was a wide open space with new releases and some LGBTQIA+ recommendations, and a lot of seating options. When I was exploring the library there was actually a group of elderly people holding their book club meeting which was so cute to overhear. If you think that I’m blunt about some of my opinions, then you haven’t heard elderly book readers because one of them was ripping the book to shreds. It was pretty funny!
Despite it’s small size, this library has a small children section and some computers available. This library is also very active in the community and participate in a lot of North Park events.
Their manga section is right across the circulation desk and is full with so many series! If you’re looking for nostalgia, you’ll find a few older series like Imadoki, Lovely Complex, and Kitchen Princess. If you want some newer titles like Given, Tokyo Revengers, and Beastars then you’ll also find those here.
Apart from manga, you can also find some Western graphic novels, Marvel and DC comics, and some manhwa too. This was a pretty well curated manga and graphic novel section and I was able to find some interesting titles.
I also was able to find some more manga towards the back of the library in the adult graphic novel section and here’s where I found more queer manga including Run Away with Me, Girl and Why I Adopted My Husband.
I ended up picking up the 1999 shoujo series, Call Me Princess which immediately caught my eye with it’s beautiful and colorful cover. I will be reviewing it very soon because it wasn’t what I was expecting at all. I also checked out The Conditions of Paradise: Our First Time which will also be reviewed this week.
If you’re going to be spending some time in North Park and want a cool and free place to go, definitely consider dropping by the library! I know parking can get tricky in North Park but the library has parking in the back and it’s free.
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3795 31st Street
San Diego, CA 92104