Columbia University

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116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027Seasons 4, 5, 6

Columbia University Low Memorial Library with students on the steps in Morningside Heights NYC

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Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus served as a filming location during the college years storyline of Gossip Girl. The prestigious Ivy League university's beautiful campus, with its iconic Low Memorial Library and green lawns, provided the academic backdrop for the characters' transition from high school to college life. Blair's initial rejection from Yale led her to Columbia, where she eventually found her footing and continued her social reign in a new setting.

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Blair's enrollment and campus scenes (Seasons 4-6), academic rivalries and social maneuvering, Dan's creative writing classes, professor interactions, campus party scenes, and Blair running for student body president. Columbia represented a new chapter for the characters while maintaining the Upper East Side proximity they needed.

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