The corridor ran clean and lean, with only a few paintings to break the length of aquamarine hallway. All of the paintings appeared to be of Amerind influence with elven overtones, probably to pander to the Salish-Shidhe Council representatives who slummed occasionally from the embassy on Council Island in Lake Washington, due south of the Bellevue area. One of the regular ferry lines to the island ran between Groat Point in Bellevue and Calkins Point on the island.