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The ceiling is high, arched, and without decoration. The walls are a clean, crisp white that accentuate the modern lighting, negating the functional purpose of the two chandeliers spaced evenly down the center of the rectangular room. Other hints of the Italian renaissance are interspersed in shallow alcoves along the walls: reproductions, not originals. The uscite are clearly marked.
At the front, a makeshift platform has been erected with a blue curtain running its length behind. Two long tables have been set up, end to end, with a podium in between, microphones set between every two or three chairs, cords snaking down in front to outlets in the floor below. These cords intermingle with the large lights set up at either end of the stage to improve the lighting.
Before the head table are rows of padded folding chairs, an aisle divides them into two sides. There, the assmbled media correspondents mingle, smoking a final cigarette before the press conferences begins. Near the front, a couple rows of chairs have been roped off for various attending government officials.
Behind these, the camera men with their bulky equipment have lined up in their pre-assigned places and are triple checking their devices, cigarettes hanging out their mouths.
At the very back of the room are two sets of identical double doors, set in low arches. The last memebers of the media pass through them and into the press room only after going through a final security checkpoint.
At the front, the leaders of the East and West are entering stage left.
At the front, a makeshift platform has been erected with a blue curtain running its length behind. Two long tables have been set up, end to end, with a podium in between, microphones set between every two or three chairs, cords snaking down in front to outlets in the floor below. These cords intermingle with the large lights set up at either end of the stage to improve the lighting.
Before the head table are rows of padded folding chairs, an aisle divides them into two sides. There, the assmbled media correspondents mingle, smoking a final cigarette before the press conferences begins. Near the front, a couple rows of chairs have been roped off for various attending government officials.
Behind these, the camera men with their bulky equipment have lined up in their pre-assigned places and are triple checking their devices, cigarettes hanging out their mouths.
At the very back of the room are two sets of identical double doors, set in low arches. The last memebers of the media pass through them and into the press room only after going through a final security checkpoint.
At the front, the leaders of the East and West are entering stage left.