RFT’s Logo Is Downtown St. Louis’ Hottest New Piece of Graffiti

Downtown dwellers have been treated to the glorious sight of a stunning piece of art in recent weeks, thanks to a phenomenal bit of graffiti work adorning a crumbling parking garage in the heart of the city — and while we know what you’re thinking, we gotta claim innocence on this one. No, the tag in question was not painted by a lawless RFT employee — our lawlessness tends to take other forms, on account of the dismal lack of can control plaguing our staff. We’re betting, instead, that we have someone who writes under the name “Wonka” to blame/thank for this one. You see, back in November we included a photo of said parking garage, located at the corner of North Sixth and Pine streets, in our print edition and on our website. We wanted to make note of the many “Wonka” tags that adorned its side. We were particularly impressed that said tag was placed in nearly the exact same spot on each floor of the structure, though we were slightly disappointed there was no Great Glass Elevator awaiting us on the top floor. We thought nothing of it for months afterward, until the morning of Monday, February...