Encinitas: Our History and People
Encinitas: Our History and People By the Encinitas Historical Society Authors Carolyn Roy Cope, Jim Filanc and Garth Murphy Cover painting by artist Kevin Anderson Published by HPN Books and Ledge Media ©2021 Visit www.ledgemedia.net/encinitas to order printed copies And visit www.HPNBooks.com for info on how to publish your own book as a fundraiser for your community
Encinitas: Our History and People
By the Encinitas Historical Society
Authors Carolyn Roy Cope, Jim Filanc and Garth Murphy
Cover painting by artist Kevin Anderson
Published by HPN Books and Ledge Media ©2021
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Top: A few banners created by local<br />
artists along Coast Highway promoted<br />
by the Artist Colony’s “Arts Alive”<br />
community program.<br />
Above: Swami’s Beach & Park.<br />
COURTESY OF DAPHNE FLETCHER<br />
Right: “Dog Days of Summer”, first<br />
held in a parking lot in Cardiff in 2005.<br />
It exp<strong>and</strong>ed to <strong>Encinitas</strong> Community<br />
Park, holding various events like the<br />
dog/owner look-alike contest.<br />
• <strong>Encinitas</strong> Library (540 Cornish Dr.) has occupied several locations,<br />
including one on the corner of “D” Street in the Rupe Building during the<br />
1940s into the mid-1950s. Manuel Oncina Architects, Inc. are contracted to<br />
design a new state-of-the-art facility, financed by the City of <strong>Encinitas</strong>. On<br />
February 23rd the $20-million-dollar, 27,798-square-foot library opens.<br />
This facility includes a 2,000-square-foot Community Room, 537-squarefoot<br />
Special Collections Room, an informal Literary Lab with 15 computer<br />
workstations for group instruction <strong>and</strong> three group study rooms. A reading<br />
deck along the west side, a Friends of the Library bookstore <strong>and</strong> an entry<br />
coffee cart are part of the main space. Civic Art shows are included as part<br />
of the library design, with local artists <strong>and</strong> performers playing an integral<br />
part of the library’s design.<br />
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