Fire station demolition makes way for the new Brooks
Demolition began Monday, Aug. 22, on the recently closed Memphis Fire Department station and headquarters at Union and Front. A new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will be built on the site. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Until recently, the building housed a Memphis Fire station and headquarters for the department.
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