A pencil design on tracing paper dated 8 June 1984 marked, 'PepsiCo, Preliminary sketch plan for Horticulture Yard, approx. scale 1/8" = 1 foot'. The plan gives details for overall layout of the various components of the horticulture yard, including a greenhouse, fences, hedges and what appear to be plant beds.
This large-scale project at the world headquarters of PepsiCo Inc. was Page’s last major undertaking. From 1980 until his death in 1985, he made frequent visits to the site in Westchester County, 25 miles north of New York City, working largely on designs to harmonise the company’s substantial collection of outdoor sculptures with the landscaped parkland.
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