MODERN ATHENAS Episode 31: Rebuilding after September 11, 2001 / How a Pub Became a Community

MODERN ATHENAS

In an unassuming stucco building on a quiet piece of the Hudson River in upstate New York, there is a general store with a small pub in the back. The locals call it the Little Chapel on the River. Author Gwendolyn Bounds introduces us to all the "parishioners" and the two generations of the Guinan family who keep it feeling like home in Garrison, NY. The pub becomes Wendy's new community after 9/11, when she locates from lower Manhattan to Garrison.
INDEX
0:00 Intro and Background of the Book
1:24 Garrison, Guinan’s & The Little Chapel on the River
8:01 September 11, 2001 and the Move to Garrison
13:41 The Guinan Family
22:40 Wanting to Belong
33:13 509ers
37:08 When You Know You Are a Part of a Community
40:39 Characters: William Fitzgerald and Ed Preusser
46:45 Stealing Time
49:25 Final Thoughts and Next Episode
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