Last night, the Providence City Council unanimously passed a resolution proposed by Ward One Councilman Seth Yurdin officially dedicating the intersection of Governor and Wickenden Streets as the George M. Cohan Plaza.

Mr. Cohan was a born in Providence in 1878 and grew up in Fox Point across the street from the proposed intersection named in his honor. He earned the nickname “Mr. Broadway,” writing more than 50 plays and over 500 songs including such memorable ones as “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “It’s a Grand Old Flag,” and “Give My Regards to Broadway.”

“By honoring the achievements of Providence’s past, we inspire great accomplishments in the future,” said Yurdin. Fox Point residents have begun an effort to raise the necessary funds to build a monument to Mr. Cohan at this site and the Council resolution expresses support for those efforts.