That'll be Oxford, but the phrase doesn't derive from that according to this:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/210800.html
On 3/2/07, Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ay, it's a dreary cliché, isn't it?
>
> Am I right in thinking that the term 'ivory towers' originally referred to
> the architecture of one Oxbridge college in particular?
>
> P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Behalf Of Joseph Duemer
> > Sent: 02 March 2007 02:29
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> > Subject: Re: 70 percent
> >
> > You know, the cliche "Ivory Tower" always pisses me off.
>
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