Escondido Library’s temporary location at mall draws more families, teens

The hum of pop music, a colorful rainbow of retail stores and a steady stream of shoppers fill Escondido’s Mershops North County Mall.

For the last few months shoppers can also find something they might not expect to see: the Escondido Public Library.

“This is the second time at the new location, but we've gone to the old location a lot of times,” said North County resident Denny Fulop.

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Fulop planned to run some errands at the mall after spending time at the library with his son, Conrad.

“This works pretty good, it's closer to our house. It's clean and organized,” Fulop said. “The old one was fun too, it felt like a little bit bigger space in the upstairs. Our kids do miss the computers, they have games and puzzles, so they were disappointed they didn't see that at first.”

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