Petition seeks to rename Pittsburgh Airport for Mister Rogers (USA Today)

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Harriet Baskas, Special for USA TODAY
Published 12:52 p.m. ET Jan. 30, 2017 | Updated 1:14 p.m. ET Jan. 30, 2017

An exhibit near the Kidsport at Pittsburgh International Airport includes information and artifacts from the popular "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" TV show that was filmed in Pittsburgh for 33 years. (Photo: Pittsburgh International Airport)

Fred Rogers grew up near Pittsburgh and for 33 years episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the beloved children’s television show he and his red sweater starred in, were produced at Pittsburgh’s public TV station, WQED.

A special gallery at Pittsburgh’s Heinz History Center displays artifacts from the show, including Rogers’ iconic sweater, necktie, khakis, sneakers and the living room set he entered at the beginning of each show.

There’s also a recently refreshed exhibit dedicated to Rogers on Concourse C at Pittsburgh International Airport.

But that isn’t enough for Ian Miller, a Pittsburgh citizen who last week started a change.org petition asking that the name of Pittsburgh International Airport be changed to Fred Rogers International Airport.
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more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/01/30/pittsburgh-airport-mister-rogers/97235338/

[frazzled]

1. I'd be all for that!

I love and miss Mr. Rogers still. He brought up my kids. My son, otherwise a very cranky baby, was turned into an angel watching Mr. Rogers. I remember him sitting in front of the TV at around 14 months, rapt, pointing and saying "big daddy."

Now my 2 and a half year old granddaughter is equally engaged with Mr. Rogers. She asks to see it when she comes to our house. (Had to skiff my son's Amazon Prime log in to get it.)

No one will ever exceed the operatic heights of "Potato Bugs and Cows."

[Guilded Lilly]

2. Pittsburgh born and raised....

I, my siblings, my friends, their friends, their siblings all grew up in Mister Rogers Neighborhood.
Not sure this will go anywhere.
But, I just cherished growing up in that "neighborhood"

[burrowowl]

3. Much better than reygun airport

I am for it!

[doc03]

4. He already has a statue down on the river. How about the Andy Warhol Airport,

Bruno San Martino Airport, the Myron Cope Airport, the Cristina Aguilera Airport or OMG the Dennis Miller Airport.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Fred Rogers was a good man.

Why not.

[Brother Buzz]

6. They really, really need to include his middle name

Fred McFeely Rogers International Airport