Fantastic Fans building is gone but owner still fixes wobble
The Fantastic Fans building on Union Avenue has been demolished. (Andy Ashby/The Daily Memphian)
The Fantastic Fans building on Union Avenue is gone, but Art Jones wants people to know you can still get your fan fixed.
A yellow excavator was on top of the building’s rubble Friday morning, clearing away everything but the sign that drivers have seen on Union for 45 years.
It has a clown on it, advertising Sales – Service – Parts – Repair and promising “We Stop Wobble.”
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Andy Ashby
Andy Ashby is a veteran reporter with more than 14 years of journalism experience, including stops at the DeSoto County Tribune, the Daily News, and the Memphis Business Journal. He graduated from the University of Tennessee, where he photographed the 1998 National Championship game.
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