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Philippe Petit, friend of Gothamist and entertainer of the world, will perform another high wire walk in New York. His most famous one, of course, was in 1974 when he walked back and forth between the Twin Towers (documented in the Oscar-winning and vertigo-inducing documentary Man on Wire). CityRoom reports that "Petit says he will perform a high-wire walk this fall in Midtown Manhattan. It will be high, it will be long, and it will be outdoors in a very recognizable location that he does not want revealed quite yet—discussions are not final." The walk will be to raise awareness for literacy, and is part of a series of walks he'll be performing across the country.