Genoa City (fictional city)

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A fictional version of Genoa City, Wisconsin, USA is the setting for the long-running American soap opera The Young and the Restless. The real and fictional towns are similar only in name. Although the real Genoa City is a village with over 2,000 people, the version depicted on the soap opera is a mid-sized city.

[edit] Genoa City locations

Hotels

  • Genoa City Athletic Club
  • Genoa City Hotel - 1100 East Chestnut
  • Genoa Towers - 1500 Ashland

Restaurants

  • Colonnade Room - 350 East Chestnut
  • The Embers - 1100 East Chestnut
  • Gina's Place - 216 Summit (Burned down in late 2003)
  • Genoa City Athletic Club Restuarant (General Manager: Gina Roma)
  • Crimson Lights (Owned and operated by Kevin Fisher)

Bars/Clubs

Businesses

Retail

  • Fenmore's - 470 East Chestnut

Medical

  • Genoa City Memorial Hospital - 308 South Fourth Street
  • Market Street Clinic - 81 Market Street

Education

  • Genoa City Elementary
  • Walnut Grove Academy
  • Genoa City University - 1200 Hyde Park

Churches

  • Church Of The Sacred Heart - 4458 East Chestnut

Legal/Law enforcement

  • Genoa City Police Department
  • Legal Aid - 75 Market Street
  • John Silva - Wilton Building, Suite 308
  • Baldwin/Blair Associates

[edit] Notable residents: past and present

Fictional Cities in Daytime American Soap Operas
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ABC Universe

Pine Valley, Pennsylvania (All My Children) | Llanview, Pennsylvania (One Life to Live) | Port Charles, New York (General Hospital / Port Charles)
Corinth, Pennsylvania (Loving) | New York City, New York (The City)

CBS Universe

Genoa City, Wisconsin (The Young & the Restless) | Los Angeles, California (The Bold & the Beautiful)
Oakdale, Illinois (As the World Turns) | Springfield (Guiding Light)

NBC Universe

Salem (Days of our Lives)
Harmony (Passions) | Bay City, Illinois (Another World)

Notes:

All ABC Soaps share the same universe continuity, having many characters sporadically appear in more then one show.
All CBS Soaps share the same universe continuity, having a few characters sporadically appear in more then one show.

NBC's Another World, Somerset, and Texas shared the same universe continuity with CBS before being cancelled.