AOL icon, Budweiser horses join NYC walk of fame

NEW YORK — American consumers have voted to add AOL’s running man icon and the Budweiser Clydesdales to The Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame in Manhattan.

The Virginia Bureau of Tourism slogan “Virginia is for Lovers” and the State Farm’s “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there” also were inducted Monday, the first day of Advertising Week.

The online election to the advertising walk of fame was started by Advertising Week, a weeklong gathering of marketing professionals.

Organizers filled midtown’s walk of fame with plaques and lamppost street banners honoring past winners.

The Geico Caveman and the Serta Sheep advertising icons were last year’s winners. Also inducted last year were the U.S. Postal Service slogan “We Deliver For You,” and the UPS slogan “What can Brown do for you?”