Wallenda to walk tightrope across Chicago skyscrapers

Sarasota’s “King of the Highwire” Nik Wallenda will attempt to walk a tightrope across the Chicago skyline Nov. 2, on a wire between the Marina City towers and the Leo Burnett Building.

The Discovery Channel will air the event beginning at 7 p.m., during which the iconic aerialist will first walk more than two blocks from the west Marina City tower over the Chicago River to the Leo Burnett Building, according to a release from Discovery Communications. Wallenda will then walk between the two Marina City towers.

“This is going to be the most incredible tightrope walk of my career,” Wallenda said in the release. “I can’t think of a better city to do it.”