Philippe Petit will walk the Cathedral of St. John on 50th anniversary of WTC high-wire walk.Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Philippe Petit, the man who stunned the world by tightrope-walking ...

On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Philippe Petit will walk a highwire across the nave of St. John the Divine in New York City, the world's largest cathedral. "My love for magnificent places and ...

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS -- French high-wire artist Philippe Petit is gearing up for the 50th anniversary of his historic walk between the World Trade Center towers. It is still considered the artistic ...

While you probably won’t embark on an illegal high-wire walk anytime soon, Philippe Petit’s outlaw outlook–shared in his new book Creativity: The Perfect Crime–offers some creative inspiration for the ...

High-wire artist Philippe Petit marked the 50th anniversary of his iconic walk between the World Trade Center's twin towers with a recreation at Manhattan's Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Aug. 7 ...

Forty years ago on Thursday, a 24-year-old Frenchman captivated the world when he walked across a steel high wire suspended between New York City's Twin Towers. Philippe Petit, in an interview with ...

In 1974, a 24-year-old French performer named Philippe Petit was arrested after rigging a high-wire between the twin towers of the World Trade Center and walking back and forth on it for 45 minutes, 1 ...

The Walk tells the daring true story of Philippe Petit, a wire walker who made his mark in 1974 when he walked across the Twin Towers in New York City on a tightrope eight times, dangling for 45 ...