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 ...
Robert Zemeckis’ “The Walk’’ reaches for the sky when aerialist Philippe Petit mounts a wire perilously stretched between the original World Trade Center towers, two-thirds of the way through this ...
New film details Philippe Petit's walk on a tightrope between the twin towers. July 29, 2008— -- For Philippe Petit, the French wirewalker who shocked and charmed the world when he took to the ...
Whether you take Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the Twin Towers as art, daredevilry, or madness, it’s hard to deny the awe it inspired. The French stuntman’s larger-than-life story has ...