Tierrasanta

The Tierrasanta Branch library is located in the Tierrasanta neighborhood, a residential suburb of around 30,000 residents. Signs in the area refer to the neighborhood as "an island in the hills," an description that's not inaccurate; the area is secluded, surrounded by canyons on all sides except the west.

Front of the Library

The library is similar to many of the small branches in the SDPL system. It's one main room with the staff desk near the entrance, the computers and main seating areas in the center, a children's section on the side, and the stacks in the back of the library.

Stacks

The library reminds me a lot of the neighborhood itself-- small, quiet, secluded, and has kind of an Earthy feel. Tierrasanta overall has kind of a small town, Middle America feel, something a lot of neighborhoods in San Diego don’t really have. It's middle class, there’s no effects of tourism, it’s somewhat isolated like I said, it has one library, one community center, one rec center, one library, one high school, things like that. Something that I've learned over the course of this blog is that every branch, even if only subtly, really reflects the area that it's set in. The Tierrasanta branch is no exception.

Stacks