Llanview, Pennsylvania

Infobox fictional location
name = Llanview, Pennsylvania
colour = #99BADD


imagesize = 250px
caption =
source = "One Life to Live"
creator = Agnes Nixon
genre = Soap opera
type = City
locations = Various
people = Lords
Buchanans
Cramers

Llanview, Pennsylvania is the fictional setting for the long-running American soap opera, "One Life to Live". The city exists in the same fictional universe as other existing or defunct ABC daytime dramas, including Pine Valley from "All My Children", Port Charles from "General Hospital" and Corinth from "Loving".

Overview

The community is supposedly a suburb of Philadelphia, modeled after the actual Chestnut Hill section of the city.fact|date=October 2007 It is said to be the county seat of Llantano County and located on the Llantano River, across from "All My Children"'s Pine Valley.

Llanview is the home of Llanview University and conglomerate Buchanan Enterprises. The local newspaper is "The Banner"; former Llanview mayor Victoria Lord Davidson is owner and publisher. "The Banner"'s rival publication is the "The Sun", which is run by Viki's half-brother Todd Manning. Llanview Hospital is the local medical center, and Angel Square is a central area located in East Llanview.

Llanview Police Commissioner since 1995, Bo Buchanan is suddenly replaced in 2008 by Lee Ramsey, who is subsequently murdered. Buchanan's ex-wife Nora Hanen is District Attorney. Former Llanview high school teacher Marcie McBain is the best-selling author of "The Killing Club", a mystery novel.

On July 29 2008, Bo Buchanan notes that Llanview's area code is 267.

History

Historical storylines

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Annual events

* Llanview Woman of the Year - Annual banquet held to celebrate and honor a woman of Llanview for her involvement and charitable acts in the community, notable because every year something disastrous happens to the honoree during the event. Honorees have included::2007 - Lindsay Rappaport - Arrested for Spencer Truman's murder:2005 - Evangeline Williamson - Kidnapped by the Killing Club Killer:2002 - Rae Cummings - Revealed as a fraud by Asa Buchanan:1998 - Nora Buchanan - Publicly revealed by Lindsay Rappaport to be carrying Sam Rappaport's baby

Disasters and major events

* Music Box Killer (October 2003 - March 2004):A serial killer claims three victims in New Jersey before arriving in Llanview. Trailing the killer, FBI Agent John McBain discovers the first of four Llanview murder victims, who include Gabrielle Medina. Some potential victims survive (including Jennifer Rappaport, Natalie and Jessica Buchanan, Sarah Roberts, Rae Cummings and Eve McBain) before the killer is revealed to be Dr. Stephen Haver.

* Baby Switch (March 2004 - February 2005):Paul Cramer sets off a major chain of events between Llanview and Pine Valley by helping his sister Kelly Cramer obtain a baby after she miscarries and attempts to hide the truth from her husband Kevin Buchanan. While Babe Carey and Bianca Montgomery are simultaneously in labor, Paul fakes a helicopter crash and switches the babies around, giving Babe's child to Kelly and Bianca's child to Babe. The truth about the babies' identities is ultimately revealed in the resulting three-way custody battle.

* Killing Club Killer (February 2005 - August 2005) - A serial killer, re-enacting the events in Marcie Walsh's new novel, kills or kidnaps those close to her; the killer is later revealed to be someone from her past who holds a grudge against her.

* Llanview Tornado (May 2006) - A terrible storm hits Llanview on the day of Marcie Walsh and Michael McBain's wedding day. St. James' rectory collapses, resulting in life-threatening injuries to Kelly Cramer and the death of Duke Buchanan. The adoptive parents of Tommy McBain are also killed, and Evangeline Williamson is temporarily rendered blind from flying broken glass.

* One Pure People Arson Attacks (December 2006 - August 2007) - A white supremacist group burns down buildings in Llanview, targeting people of different ethnicities and religions. The attacks escalate as potential victims survive and the authorities close in on the perpetrators, and several non-targeted people are injured or killed as collateral damage. Victims include African-Americans Vincent Jones and sisters Layla and Evangeline Williamson, Jewish Nora Hanen and her son Matthew Buchanan, Hispanic relatives Antonio and Cristian Vega and Adriana Cramer, and Syrian Talia Sahid. [Later in July 2008 it is established that Talia is the daughter of Carlo Hesser and adopted by her Syrian stepfather.]

* Buchanan Enterprises Shareholders' Meeting (June 2008) - At B.E.'s annual shareholders' meeting in the Palace Hotel, Dorian Lord announces her hostile takeover after revealing that Jared Banks is in fact not Asa Buchanan's son. Afterwards, Jared and Nash Brennan fight, and Nash falls through a skylight to his death.

Llanview society

* Buchanan family"'
* Cramer family
* Lord family
* Wolek family

Education

* Llanview University
* Llanview High
* Llanview Middle School
* Angel Square School for the Performing Arts - Burned down by Max Holden
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Places to stay

Other locations

* Llanview Airport
* Llanview Train Station
* Llanview Bus Station
* Angel Square Credit Union
* Llanview Bank
* Llantano Mountain State Park [Signage featured in the September 24, 2008 episode.]

References

Further reading

* cite book
last = Tropiano
first = Stephen
year = 2000
title = TV Towns
publisher = TV Books L.L.C.
location = New York, NY
id = ISBN 1-57500-127-6
* cite book
last = Warner
first = Gary
year = 1998
title = One Life to Live: Thirty Years of Memories
publisher = Disney Books (Little Brown)
location = New York, NY
id = ISBN 0-7868-6367-6