The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. It is at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, betwee
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Cathedral of St. John the Divine in 1910
Stonemason finishing an angel, 1909
Cathedral of St John the Divine under construction, about 1905
Philippe Petit
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Philippe Petit is a French highwire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized highwire walks between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, as well
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…music compositions, premiered at the cathedral on January 19, 1968. When construction on the south tower restarted in 1982, French high-wire artist Philippe Petit walked on a tightrope stretched across Amsterdam Avenue. Petit was also the artist-in-residence at St. John's starting in 1982. In 1990, the avant-garde…
Petit at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009
In this 1974 promotion for Hess's department store, Petit tight roped across Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania
1974 Hess's ad, with an image of Petit's walk across the Twin Towers