"Thanks to Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión, Doris Quiñones and everyone who made this great honor possible."

WILLIE COLÓN INDUCTED TO BRONX WALK OF FAME

June 26, 2004

There's a new street sign posted on the corner of 161st street and Grand Concourse as of Saturday morning June 26th. It reads Willie Colón Bronx Walk of Fame. internationally renowned salsero Willie Colón was inducted to the Bronx Walk of Fame along with 10 other famed sons and daughters of the Bronx.

This year's honorees are Willie Colón, hip hop pioneers Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five; Sonia Manzano, Sesame Street's "Maria,"; "Will & Grace" sitcom star Shelley Morrison, who plays Rosario the maid, Oscar-winning screenwriter John Patrick Shanley of "Moonstruck" fame and singer Bobby Darin was inducted posthumously.

"I am honored to announce that these new distinguished sons and daughters of the Bronx will be inducted into our Bronx Walk of Fame," Borough President Carrión said. "I invite everyone to join us for an exciting welcome home ceremony, one of the many highlights of Bronx Week 2004."

Past inductees include Secretary of State Powell, TV host Regis Philbin, entertainer Dolores Hope, author E.L. Doctorow, actresses  and entertainers Diahann Carroll, Rita Moreno and Renee Taylor, broadcast journalist Gabe Pressman, architect Daniel Libeskind, music superstar Valerie Simpson, actor Danny Aiello and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick.

The inductees unveiled their name plaques at 11 a.m. Saturday morning near the Bronx County Building just south of E. 161st St. before the start of a parade that kicked off at noon on Mosholu Parkway at Hull Ave. and headed over to Van Cortlandt Ave. East for the Bronx Food, Art & Music Festival.