On Campus - Tuesday, June 2, 2009 16:14 - 5 Comments

Ellison Hall – New NYU Dorm? Bank Donation? Or School Prank?

Over at Third Avenue and Tenth Street, it appears that the TD Bank on the corner has taken it upon itself to offer a new facility for dorm parties this fall to us Violets.

That, or the School of Visual Arts, a school not connected to NYU, is playing a prank on its bigger (and better) NYC neighbor.

The building, seen in the picture below, and as observed on the School of Visual Arts’ website, is their newest dorm, which they describe on the site as “The 10th Street Residence.”  The banners along the building have no explanation, and the guards inside the bank had no answer for why our school’s colors adorned their building.

This will probably all be settled before any of us get back in the fall, but it’s nice to know that even without students around, the NYU-NYC relationship is still as exciting and controversial as ever.

Update: This may be part of the filming of Step-Up 3D that has been taking place in the village these past few weeks. Drop a comment if you have any conspiracy theories or you’re a Tischie working at Disney this summer.

Photos from the School of Visual Arts website and Mike Mullin. Continue…