An ink and pencil design on tracing paper dated 12 June 1981 marked, 'Pools, Setting out, Revised, scale 1/8" - 1 foot'. Like RP/1/14/22/3, this plan shows Page’s design for the new small lily pond garden with pools. This plan, presumably a revision to RP/1/14/22/3, focuses mainly on the pools themselves, with dimensions.
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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