Oakdale (As the World Turns)

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Oakdale is the setting of the television soap opera As the World Turns.

Contents 1 Location 2 Size 3 Prominent Establishments 4 Fashion in Oakdale 5 Most Frequently Visited Establishments 6 Residential 7 Public Offices 8 See also

[edit] Location

For many years, the writers have been firm on placing the city in the state of Illinois. By all indications, the city is unrelated to a real Oakdale, Illinois. However, show creator Irna Phillips may have modeled her fictional hamlet after this city, due to the small size of both entities.

[edit] Size

Though Oakdale is usually depicted as a fairly small town, it nonetheless is apparently large enough to have its own airport, a television station, a luxury hotel, three major newspapers, a college, and its hospital is renowned enough to have attracted a number of world-class physcians and surgeons over the years.

In a 1960 episode of As the World Turns recently shown at The World of Soap Themes, several small skyscrapers could be seen through the window of Chris Hughes' law office, thus suggesting that at least as far back as that decade, Oakdale was a large enough place to have some sort of commercial district. The same view can be seen from a suite in the Lakeview Hotel.

[edit] Prominent Establishments

• The Lakeview: a luxury hotel, also houses a bar, restaurant and boutique.

• Java: the local coffeehouse

• Al's Diner: cheap burger-joint located across from the Oakdale Police Department

• Worldwide Enterprises: Formerly Lucinda Walsh's large, publicly-traded company is headquartered in Oakdale -- now owned by Craig Montgomery since March 2007.

• WOAK-TV: the local television station was owned by Kim Hughes and Lily Snyder for years, until Lily sold her portion of the station in 2005 to BJ Green.

• The Argus: newspaper formerly owned by Lisa Grimaldi and Alec Wallace; after Wallace's death, Lisa sold the paper to an unknown buyer in 2001.

• The City Times: newspaper owned by Lucinda Walsh

• The Intruder: tabloid owned by Craig Montgomery and Emily Stewart

• Oakdale Memorial: the local hospital

• Oakdale Police Department: the local police force headquarters

• The Groves Country Club: where Oakdale's elite gather

• Crash: a local teen hangout; part of the club is formerly Mabel's

• Oakdale Latin: a private high school for Oakdale's teens

• Oakdale University: an institution of higher education in Oakdale; includes on-campus dorm rooms

• Fashions, Ltd.: boutique owned by Lisa Grimaldi; located in the Lakeview

• Barbara Ryan Originals (BRO): fashion line owned by Barbara Ryan until bought by Craig Montgomery for $1 through blackmail

• Metro: chic club, formerly owned by Dusty Donovan and Craig Montgomery; located under Java

• The Mona Lisa: restaurant owned by Lisa Grimaldi; still exists in theory but has not been seen or mentioned since February 2002)

• Oakdale International Airport: the airport that everybody comes and goes from; previous destinations include San Francisco, Montega, Malta, Montana, Seattle, The Dominican Republic, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, etc.

[edit] Fashion in Oakdale

Since the 1980s, Oakdale has had strong ties to the fashion industry, as designer Barbara Ryan headquartered her BRO line there. (Her daughter Jennifer Munson Donovan was also a designer for Street Jeans, part of Worldwide, before she died in July 2006.) Ryan's designs were showcased at Fashions, which she and Lisa Grimaldi founded in 1985 (Grimaldi is now the sole owner). Carly Tenney, another fairly well-known designer, also resides in Oakdale.

[edit] Most Frequently Visited Establishments

Other than in their homes, Oakdale citizens often pass their time at Al's Diner, Java, Memorial, the police station, the country club (especially in the summer at the pool), Crash, and the Lakeview.

[edit] Residential

The largest private residence in town is Fairwinds, which has had various owners over the years, but is currently owned by Craig Montgomery.

A few miles from town is the rural Luther's Corner, where Emma Snyder's farm and pond are located. Brad Snyder, Jack Snyder and his three children currently reside there. Also just outside of Oakdale is Milltown, where Jack and Carly Snyder lived until Carly fled the country.

Katie Peretti Kasnoff's cottage is located in a rural area of Oakdale.

Tom & Margo Hughes, Bob & Kim Hughes, Holden & Lily Snyder, Susan Stewart and Lucinda Walsh also have homes in Oakdale. Several resident have stayed in Lucinda's guest house, currently occupied by Will & Gwen Munson.

Many Oakdale citizens take up residence at the Lakeview.

[edit] Public Offices

Until recently, Tom Hughes was the town's district attorney. (Jessica Griffin and T. Marshall Travers have also served as D.A. in the past.) Hal Munson served as Oakdale's chief of detectived from the mid-1990s until his death in October 2006. Margo Hughes was sworn in as Oakdale's new chief of detectives in February 2007

Oakdale's current mayor is female Mayor Winson, who was seen in February 2007.

[edit] See also

• As the World Turns

Fictional Cities in Daytime American Soap Operas v • d • e

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.