(File Photo Courtesy of the Pittsburgh Walk of Fame)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The new Pittsburgh Walk of Fame was revealed in the Strip District of Pittsburgh today with the ten inaugural inductees receiving a bronze star and plaque, which are embedded into granite blocks along the sidewalk located in front of the Terminal Building at 18th Street. The Pittsburgh Walk of Fame honors people from the Pittsburgh area who have left a significant mark on the cultural heritage of the nation and left an impact on the world as well as Pittsburgh. The inaugural ten inductees of the Pittsburgh Walk of Fame that were honored at this ceremony were: a writer for journals, the late Nellie Bly, an industrialist, the late Andew Carnegie, an environmentalist, the late Rachel Carson, a baseball player, the late Roberto Clemente, a children’s television host, the late Fred Rodgers, a medical researcher, the late Dr. Jonas Salk, an artist, the late Andy Warhol, a playwright, the late August Wilson, jazz guitarist George Benson and actor Michael Keaton. Attendees at this event included Keaton, Constanza Romero Wilson, who is the widow of the late August Wilson, the children of the late Roberto Clemente, the children of the late Fred Rodgers, the children of the late Dr. Jonas Salk and representatives from the Andy Warhol Museum, Carnegie Library and Rachel Carson Homestead.