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 ...

“The creator must become an outlaw,” wrote high-wire artist Philippe Petit in the foreword of ... His performance — walking back and forth, lying down on the wire, saluting the sky ...

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 ...

Philippe Petit ... high-wire act between the Twin Towers in New York City, Petit, at the ripe age of 73, showed no signs of slowing down as he completed his latest feat at the National Building ...

Shortly after 7 a.m. on Aug. 7, 1974, French performance artist Philippe ... Petit spent 45 minutes walking the wire, making eight crossings. At one point he danced on it; he even laid down ...

High-wire artist Philippe Petit ... actually looking down. So I got vertigo. It was kind of easy to write that song because I've sort of lived it with him." Petit also made it clear that this ...

At 74, Philippe Petit ... out several classics as Petit showed off that he literally had not missed a step by crossing back and forth across the wire before even laying back across it in a ...

Philippe Petit ... it looked as if high winds might shut it down. “It’s a tourist trap, of course,” Petit said. “But people are here to see the world from a different perspective.” ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News sat down with French high-wire artist Philippe Petit as he gears up for the 50th anniversary of his historic walk between the World Trade Center towers.

Philippe Petit announcing TOWERING!! at Three World Trade Center earlier this month. Photo by Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Petit will mark the 50th anniversary of that daring ...