A dyeline design with added coloured pencil dated October 1980 marked, 'Stage 1, PepsiCo, Sketch plan, scale 1 inch = 50 foot'. The drawing shows the right-hand section of the whole PepsiCo site (RP/1/14/22/2a shows the left). Page gives a fairly detailed idea of his intentions for the site through written annotations. Some plants are marked, although at times these are only suggestions.
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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