Wow, I was just visiting in tourist-mode but found this "modern relic" fascinating, only to discover in this thread it was I.M. Pei. With that clue, I found this thesis, to read later, but skimming even the illustrated history seems fascinating:
https://uh-ir.tdl.org/handle/10657/6930
GHOSTING I. M. PEI:
Obsolescence in Architecture and the City
After the Drive Thru: a Digital Park
2019-2020 Senior Honors Theses Rabitoy, Colette