In 1964, visitors at the New York World's Fair lined up to use a slightly improved device, placing calls between the fairgrounds in Queens and an exhibit in Disneyland.

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In 1939 Sarnoff, with great fanfare, introduced TV at the New York World's Fair.

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But it's still the same building that opened in 1964, right next door to the grounds of the New York World's Fair.

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My father and I were disappointed to arrive at the 1965 New York World's Fair after the scoreboard-style lighted display on the Earth's population changed from 2, 999, 999, 999 people to a bit over 3 billion.

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Enter Ziolkowski, a prolific sculptor who had won the prize for sculpture at the 1939 New York World's Fair and had helped Borglum at Rushmore.

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The Enterprise has been a showpiece for years, on display at the Smithsonian Institution and on tour to London, Paris and the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans.

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Mr. Catsimatidis has based his campaign in part on dreamy ideas, kicking it off with a promise to bring the World's Fair to New York for a third time in 2014.

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