Pine Valley, Pennsylvania
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Pine Valley, Pennsylvania is the fictional setting for the long-running American soap opera All My Children.
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[edit] History
It originally had long been believed that Pine Valley (or PV, as it is called by fans on the internet) was actually in New York State, not Pennsylvania. But by the late 1990's, its state was not mentioned for a few years. By 2000 it was implied that Pine Valley was actually in Pennsylvania a few hours from Llanview. In more recent years, it was established that Pine Valley was only a few minues from Llanview, during a 2004 storyline where the two shows overlapped with characters. Its believed the town is now based on the Pennsylvania Main Line, a chain of well-to-do suburbs in the vicinity of Philadelphia.
The town, as the "Welcome" sign indicates, was founded in 1683. Since the show premiered in 1970, Pine Valley has grown to be a buzzing metropolis, full of many businesses and residents.
Some of the more recognizable companies are Chandler Enterprises, Cortlandt Electronics, and Enchantment Cosmetics. In 2002, Fusion Cosmetics was started. Enchantment, also a cosmetics company, has usually battled Fusion on the shelves of Lacey's, a popular department store in town.
Other places of business include The Serving Spoon, a food shop; the Glamorama; and the Boutique, owned by Myrtle Fargate. Fargate also operates her own boarding house. The Shack, The Valley Inn and the Pine Cone Motel are also places of temporary residence in town. The Valley Inn's dining room is a popular restaurant, while BJs, S.O.S. (Sounds of Salsa), and the Pit are more casual dining possibilities. The Seasons Casino is also in town.
For education, there is Pine Valley High School and Pine Valley University. Medical cases are treated at both Pine Valley Hospital and the Front Street Clinic. One of the biggest houses in town is Wildwind, a large castle, while many other manors exist. The current police chief is Derek Frye.
The most successful would be the Miranda Montgomery Center, and Cambias Industries and Empire, owned by Bianca Montgomery and Zach Slater, and its heir is Miranda Montgomery.
[edit] Disasters and major events
- Pine Valley Tornado (July 18, 1994)
- On the night of Gloria and Adam Chandler's party a violent tornado struck Pine Valley. Julia Santos was hit by a falling chandelier, the result was a horrific scar that Julia resented. Multiple other injuries occurred. Many homes were destroyed or badly damaged including Joe and Ruth Martin's and the Pine Valley Hotel's main ballroom.
- Baby switch (March 2004 - December 2004)
- In 2004, the producers of All My Children and One Life to Live decided to do a crossover storyline.[1][2] The storyline begins when Babe Carey finds herself pregnant, and does not know if the father is J.R. Chandler or Jamie Martin. She soon finds herself in the middle of a thunderstorm with an equally pregnant Bianca. They are trapped in a cabin. Babe calls Paul Cramer, a paramedic in Llanview, to bring a helicopter, rescue and take them to a hospital. Paul initially refuses, but then agrees.
- He arrives, and helps Babe deliver her baby. Bianca also deliveres her baby. He then gives Babe an unknown medicine to leave her groggy. He stages a helicopter crash. When Babe awakes, Paul tells her that her baby has been killed during the crash. However, the Chandler family soon arrives and threatens to harm Paul if anything happens to Babe's child. Paul changes the story to say that Bianca's baby is the one that had been thrown from the helicopter. In reality, Paul had hidden Babe's baby son in another nearby cabin, in hopes of giving it to his sister, Kelly, who longs for a child. Bianca's baby girl is given to Babe, who names the girl Bess, leaving the Kane and Montgomery families to grieve over the loss of the infant.
- Babe starts to get increased 'feelings' that she delivered a boy. With the help of her mother, Krystal, she discovers that Bess is really Miranda, the daughter that Bianca had given birth to. Krystal convinces her that the baby is better off with J.R. and Babe. Babe lets Bianca grieve.
- J.R., angry over the revelation of Babe and Jamie's night of passion, decides to gain custody of Bess. J.R.'s main plan now is to paint Babe as an unfit mother. He drugs Babe in the hopes that she will sleep with Jamie again, but something goes wrong and Babe is hospitalized. This makes J.R. realize he may have gone too far, but he will not give up on trying to protect his little girl. Unknown to him, Jamie suspects J.R. of drugging Babe and tells Babe, who in turn tells J.R. of the matter. J.R. needs to protect himself and tells the drug dealer, Seth Phelps, to implicate Jamie as the culprit. Jamie is later convicted and sent to jail, where he ends up getting stabbed.
- Babe decides to test J.R. with the help of Bianca and stages an affair to have J.R. show his real colors, which he does. Babe, facing the truth that J.R. is no longer in love with her, relinquishes custody of Bess and leaves town with a newly released Jamie. What J.R. does not know is that Babe has discovered that their son is truly alive and being raised by Paul's sister. She and Jamie devise a plan to kidnap the boy and go on the run with him. J.R. celebrates his victory until he read a letter Babe has left behind. The letter details the truth about Bess, that she is actually the late Miranda Montgomery, and their son died in the helicopter crash. J.R. tells Bianca what the letter said and thinking it was one of J.R.'s lies, she ignores him. That helps J.R. to convince himself that it is one of Babe's many lies to hurt him. When Babe learns that Bianca has not gotten Miranda back, she contacs her and enlists Bianca's help in luring J.R. down to Florida with Bess.
- Bianca and J.R. go to a Miranda Montgomery Foundation fundraiser in Florida, where J.R. spots Babe. He follows her to a deserted warehouse, only to be locked inside and taunted by his brother, Jamie, with the news of his child's death and the fact that Babe is going to reveal the truth about Miranda to Bianca. J.R. becomes angry and hits Jamie in the head with a pipe and is freed from the warehouse by Kendall Hart. Their brotherhood is over. When J.R. returns to his hotel room, Bianca is waiting. She was holds Miranda after finally being told the truth and seeing Babe's son, who Babe is calling James. J.R. and Bianca get into an argument on the terrace because J.R refuses to believe that Bess is Miranda. Bianca loses her balance and falls to the ground below. Bianca falls into a coma and J.R.'s secret is safe for one more day.
- J.R. returns to Pine Valley with "Bess" completely convinced that he well get to keep her. Unknown to him, Adam Chandler (his father) has given Erica Kane (Bianca's mother) permission to run a DNA test on the baby. Feeling the walls starting to close in on him, J.R. decides that it is time to leave town, but is intercepted at the last moment by Erica, Adam, Tad Martin and company with the truth. In his getaway vehicle, he pronounces the death of his son, mother, and his other father...Tad Martin. Handing Bess over, J.R falls into a deep depression and spends all of his time in the nursery mourning the loss of his two children. Finally, after a couple of weeks, J.R. emerges with an idea in his head, and by simply tricking Bianca into telling him the truth, he finds out that his son is alive and that the people he thought cared about him wanted him to believe the child was dead.
- J.R. sends his private investigators out to find Babe and Jamie, who are being helped by Liza. Getting a major lead, J.R. jets down to New Orleans right before Babe and Jamie's trip to Venezuela and confronts them. The police arrive and force Babe to hand over the child, a baby boy, to J.R. In J.R.'s arms is the newest heir to the Chandler fortune, Adam Chandler III (later known as Little Adam). J.R. eventually wins sole custody of Adam III, even against dozens of people saying that he will be an unfit father.
- Janet Dillon's Revenge Plot (November 2005 - February 2006) - Janet Dillon, hellbent on teaching Pine Valley a lesson, preforms several crimes to get back for how they treated her daughter, framing Jonathan Lavery.
- Killed her husband Trevor Dillon and stored him in a freezer.
- Dangled Kendall Hart from a hammock on the edge of the Fusion Cosmetics rooftop.
- Pushed Babe down a flight of stairs at the hospital.
- Drugged the pumpkin soup at the Chandler Thanksgiving dinner.
- Knocked out David Hayward and scheduled him for open heart surgery.
- Started the fire at the Road Side Bar that nearly killed Kendall Hart and Greenlee Smythe.
- Kidnapped Little Adam and dropped him off in a manger scene.
- Pushed Di Henry through the ice at the boathouse.
- Drugged Krystal Carey Chandler and Babe Carey.
- Kidnapped Brooke English, Joe Martin, Opal Cortlandt, Adam and Krystal Chandler, leaving them in the back of a truck which was sinking into quicksand.
- Loosened the gas valve and set the explosions at Erica Kane's Mardi Gras ball.
- Killed Ethan Cambias, as a result of the explosions at the Mardi Gras ball.
- Kidnapped Babe Carey and Little Adam to make J.R. Chandler think Babe kidnapped him.
- Left Babe Carey in a freezer almost killing her.
- Mardi Gras Ball Explosion (February 2006) - During Erica's fundraising event the gas valve is loosened in the basement setting off one of Pine Valley's worst tragedies ever.
- Janet Dillon's final act on her revenge on Pine Valley.
- Satin Slayer (December 2006 - March 2007) - A serial killer linked to Zach Slater's past, is targeting the women of Fusion Cosmetics to get back at Zach.
- December 4: Simone Torres found dead in the Fusion office lying on a yoga mat with a ribbon in her hand and a gardenia in her hair.
- December 11: Erin Lavery found dead on the Fusion roof top with a ribbon and a gardenia in her hand.
- January 8: Danielle Frye found poisoned in her father's house, with a ribbon and a gardenia on her, after drinking a soda that had been tampered with.
- January 26: Dixie Cooney Martin poisoned to death by tainted peanut butter intended for Babe Carey Chandler.
- February 9: Max, Babe Carey Chandler's body guard, killed just as he was going to driver her home, hit with a blow dart.
- February 9: Babe Carey Chandler injected while on her way home from Chandler Enterprises; she was saved and hidden in the Seasons Casino leading everyone to believe she was dead.
- February 20: Zoe is beaten up by the killer and she is left for dead.
- February 25: Raymond Jenkins, J.R. Chandler's nurse, found dead outside Kendall and Zach's new home, having fallen from the balcony, the same way Amelia Cambias died.
- February 26: Zach Slater is shot with a tranquilizer gun.
- February 26: An Amelia Cambias look-a-like shot dead for arguing about what happened to Zach.
- Papel's Last Strike (May 2008) - During Angie and Jesse Hubbard's Wedding at the Seasons East Casino, Robert Gardner is finally revealed as a 'Papel', the man responsible for Jesse's 20 year ordeal. Seeking retribution for the last 20 years of hunting Jesse down for the hidden diamond, Robert shoots and holds many people hostage in the main ball room trying to escape with Angie as his main hostage.
- Locked Opal in the broom closet.
- Took Angie Hubbard at gun point hostage.
- Shot at J.R. Chandler and Babe Carey nearly hitting them outside their hotel room.
- Shot Julia Santos and Greg Nelson ultimately resulting in the death of Julia.
- Shot Tad Martin as well as the helicopter pilot on the rooftop.
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[edit] Tri-State Area
- Center City, Pennsylvania
- Elk Green, Pennsylvania
- Sea City, Pennsylvania - first mentioned when Jesse Hubbard and Angie Baxter kidnapped their son, Frankie Hubbard, and ran away to, where they got married.
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- Seasons East Casino (One Atlantic Avenue, in Sea City, Pennsylvania, 19022)
- Corinth, Pennsylvania - shortly after Jesse Hubbard was "killed" Angie and her son Frankie moved to Corinth to forget the bad memories left in Pine Valley; home of Loving
- New York, New York - Jesse Hubbard fled due to being falsely accused of raping Angie's former friend, Liza Colby; Angie Baxter and her son, Frankie, left Corinth to start a new life in the big city; home of The City
- Llanview, Pennsylvania - neighboring city of Pine Valley across the Llantano River; home of One Life to Live
- Cherryvale, Pennsylvania - retirement community outside of Llanview
- Port Charles, New York - when Skye Chandler left town she moved to Port Charles in hopes of finding her biological father; home of General Hospital
[edit] Residences
[edit] Current Pine Valley Residences
- Chandler Mansion (300 River Road) - Adam Chandler Sr. , Colby Chandler, Dre Woods, Adam Chandler III (Joint Custody), J.R. Chandler, Winifred and Lucretia
- Chandler Mansion Gate House - Stuart Chandler and Marian Colby
- Cortlandt Manor (25 White Oaks Drive) - Opal Purdy and Petey Cortlandt
- The Martin House (Hillcrest Drive) - Joe Martin, Ruth Martin and Bobby Martin
- 105 Garden Drive #5 - Babe Carey and Adam Chandler III (Joint Custody)
- 140 Calvert Street (Boarding House) - Myrtle Fargate
- 365 East Maple Boulevard - Derek Frye
- 564 Shepherd Avenue - Zach Slater, Kendall Hart, Ian Slater, and Spike Lavery (Joint Custody)
- 718 Valley Road: 6F - Josh Madden
- 718 Valley Road: 7G - Greenlee Smythe and Aidan Devane
- 774 Pine Road - Brooke English
- The Penthouse - Ryan Lavery, Annie Lavery, Emma Lavery and Spike Lavery (Joint Custody)
- The Valley Inn: Room 901 - Palmer Cortlandt
- Tad's House - Tad Martin, Krystal Carey, Kathy Mershon, Jenny Carey
- Jack's House - Jackson Montgomery and Lily Montgomery
- Amanda's Yacht - Amanda Dillon
- The Hubbard's Loft Apartment - Jesse Hubbard and Angie Baxter, Frankie Hubbard and Cassandra Foster
[edit] Former Pine Valley Residences
- Fidelity (A Yacht) - former residence of Leo du Pres
- Greenlee Mansion - former residence of Millicent Greenlee
- Wallingford Estate - former residence of Phoebe Wallingford
- Wildwind (3900 Glenview Road) - former residence of Maria Santos, Julia Santos, Edmund Grey, Dimitri Marick, Sam Grey, Maddie Grey, Diana Henry, Del Henry, Jonathan Lavery, Ava Benton, Annie McDermott, Alexandra Devane, Aidan Devane, Kathy Mershon, Jamie Martin, Amanda Dillon
- Wildwind Hunting Lodge - former residence of Dimitri Marick
- Wildwind Turret - former residence of Ryan Lavery
- 105 Garden Drive #2 - former residence of Kendall Hart Slater, Zach Slater and Spike Hart Lavery
- 105 Garden Drive #4 - former residence of Michael Cambias
- 105 Garden Drive #102 - former residence of Raquel Dion
- 1100 Main Street - former penthouse of Erica Kane
- 1421 Plumtree Road, Apartment 3F - former residence of Trey Shepherd
- 1421 Plumtree Road, Apartment 3G - former residence of Kendall Hart
- 1421 Plumtree Road, Apartment 5F - former residence of Kendall Hart
- 1421 Plumtree Road, Apartment 5G - former residence of Trey Shepherd
- 1421 Plumtree Road, Apartment 15E - former residence of Scott Parker Chandler
- 1421 Plumtree Road, Apartment 11 - former residence of Danielle Frye's apartment
- 20 Adams Street - former residence of Mona Kane with Erica Kane
- 212 Greene Street - former residence of Dr. Angie Baxter
- 312 Pine Street - also known as the Dillion House; former residence of Trevor Dillon, Janet Dillon, Amanda Dillon and Tim Dillon
- 328 Crescent Avenue - former residence of Erica Kane
- 400 Lake Drive: Apartment 3G - former residence of Jackson Montgomery
- 646 Holland Avenue - former residence of Dixie Cooney with Tad Martin, J.R. Chandler and Jamie Martin
- 72 Valley Road - former residence of Jake Martin
- Langham Hotel: Room 13 - former residence of Krystal Carey Chandler
- The Pine Cone Motel: Room 17 - former residence of Aidan Devane
- The Pine Cone Motel: Room 18 - former residence of Kendall Hart
- The Valley Inn: Room 615 - former residence of Juan Pablo Renato Ruiz de Vasquez
- The Valley Inn: Room 616 - former residence of Ryan Lavery
- The Valley Inn: Room 876 - former residence of Vanessa Bennett
- The Valley Inn: Room 907 - former residence of Maggie Stone
- The Valley Inn: Room 909 - former residence of Leslie Coulson
[edit] Places of interest
[edit] Businesses
- Enchantment and Fusion Cosmetics - 500 Front Street
- Revlon and Giavanna Cosmetics
- Cambias Industries
- Chandler Enterprises
- IncredibleDreams.com
- Glamorama
- Montgomery and Associates
- Greenlee Investments
- Valley Investigations
- Martin and Devane Private Investigators
- Designs by Delilah (Clothing Designer) - Specialty clothing by Delilah Ralston catering to Pine Valley and Llannview
[edit] Stores and shopping centers
- The Boutique
- Lacey's Department Store
- Cordlandt Electronics
- The Serving Spoon
- Pine Valley Mall
- Wonderlands
- Logans Department Store (Between Llanview and Pine Valley)
[edit] Media
- WRCW TV Station - 2 WRCW Square
- Tempo Magazine
- Craze Magazine
- Exposer (Tabloid)
- The Wall Street Herald (Newspaper)
- Pine Valley Bulletin (Newspaper)
- Llannet Search (Website) - Search engine frequently used by Pine Valley and Llannview
- MyTube (Website)- Video sharing website similar to YouTube
- MyFace (Website)- A website that is similar to MySpace
- Wave (TV Show) - A former television show taped locally in Pine Valley
- Nothing But the Truth (TV Show) - A former television show taped locally in Pine Valley
- The Cutting Edge (TV Show) - Tad Martin's former talk show taped locally in Pine Valley
- Fraternity Row (TV Show) - A former soap opera broadcast from Llanview
- New Beginnings (TV Show) - Erica Kane's former talk show.
- Divorce Watch (TV Show) - Erica Kane's former reality show with Jackson Montgomery.
- He Said She Said (TV Show) - Erica Kane's new talk show with Jackson Montgomery (On Hiatus)
- Everyday Heroes (TV Show) - Sam McCall's show broadcast from Port Charles
[edit] Restaurants
- Bonnie Jeans
- Sounds of Salsa (also known as S.O.S.)
- McKay's Restaurant
- Cluck Cluck Chicken Shack
- Pancake Palace
- The Goalpost
- Queen Of Hearts Diner
- BJ's
- Chen's Chinese Restaurant
- The Chateau Restaurant
- Le Mar Restaurant
- Roadside Diner
- The Valley Inn Dining Room
- The Yacht Club Restaurant
[edit] Entertainment
- The Comeback - Krystal's bar and more; formerly known as the Roadside Bar, Krystal bought the bar as a side project to occupy herself from the fallout between her and Adam Chandler as well as the events he put her through involving her daughter Jenny Martin. The bar features a newly built outside patio, an open dance floor and an open bar with tables. A mural was painted by Stuart Chandler in honor of all of Krystal's friends and family to commemorate their support during her ordeals and the new venture. Employees of the Comeback include Colby Chandler, who serves as a waitress, Richie Novak worked here briefly while known as Wes, and Krystal herself who serves as the hostess.
- ConFusion (Bar) - 500 Front Street
- Adam's Place (Bar)
- The Pit (Bar)
- Holidays (Bar)
- Hal's Bar
- Insomniac Cafe
- The Blue Angel
- The Steam Pit - a nightclub formerly owned by Jesse Hubbard and Angie Baxter and Greg Nelson and Jenny Gardner. Later, a loan shark named Murray took control of the Hubbard's shares.
[edit] Volunteer foundations
- Mason Foundation
- The Brooke English House
- Andrassy Foundation
- Habitat for Humanity
- AIDS Hospice/Cindy Chandler Memorial
- Miranda Montgomery Center
[edit] Medical
- Pine Valley Hospital
- Pine Valley EMS
- Front Street Clinic
- St. Michael's Hospital
- Oakhaven Hospital
[edit] Law and correctional
- Pine Valley Police Department
- Statesville Correctional Facility
- Stateside Correctional Facility
- Pennsylvania Correctional Facility
[edit] Places to stay
- The Valley Inn
- The Fargate Boarding House
- Langham Hotel
- The Pine Cone Motel
- Highrise Apartments
- Wayfair Hotel
[edit] Amenities
- Daughters of Fine Lineage
- Pine Valley Country Club
- Pine Valley Yacht Club
[edit] Education
- Pine Valley Elementary
- Pine Valley High School
- Pine Valley University
- St. Agnes High School
[edit] Other places
- Pine Valley Train Station
- The Chandler Gallery
- Pine Valley Historical Society
- Preserving Historical Architectural Treasures (PHAT)
- Warnerford Chair
- Orsini Vineyards
- Pine Valley Building Services
- The Boat House
[edit] References
- ^ The Big Baby Switch. About.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
- ^ AMC & OLTL Baby Swap. angelfire.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
