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.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)
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.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)
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.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)
Linh Do gets a piece of cake during a farewell party at the Corona del Mar Branch Library on Wednesday, March 14.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)