Corona del Mar Branch Library holds a farewell party

Tim Hetherton, left, the library services director, lines up for cake as Mayor Pro Tem Will O’Neill serves Gavin Laubach during a farewell party at the Corona del Mar Branch Library on Wednesday, March 14.

Diana Tang, left, and other patrons sit in the Corona del Mar Branch Library on Wednesday, March 14.   (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)

A cake with a note “Good-Bye For Now” is present during a farewell party at the Corona del Mar Branch Library on Wednesday, March 14.

The Corona del Mar Branch Library will be demolished and replaced with a combination fire station and branch library, expected to open in the summer of 2019.

Linh Do gets a piece of cake during a farewell party at the Corona del Mar Branch Library on Wednesday, March 14.