Alain Robert, known worldwide as the "French Spider-Man", was arrested Thursday after climbing to the top of the New York Times Building in Manhattan.
Robert, who has free climbed some of the world's largest and most well-known buildings, caused a ruckus as ongoers stopped traffic to watch him climb the 52-story building.
Onlookers said Robert had a neon green banner with him, which read "Global warming kills more people than 9/11 every week."
Robert has scaled 85 giant buildings across the globe including the Petrona Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; the Sears Tower in Chicago; the Empire State Building in New York; the Montparnasse Tower and the Eiffel Tower in Paris; the Sydney Opera House in Australia; the National Bank of Abu Dhabi; the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco; and the world's largest skyscraper, the Taipei 101 in Taiwan.
Robert, who is also known as the "Human Spider", is not only renowned for climbing the massive structures, but for doing so with just his bare hands and shoes. Robert wears no harness in his freeclimbing efforts.
The New York Times building, located at 620 Eighth Avenue, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, was designed by Renzo Piano and opened last year. The renowned newspaper shares the building with several law firms including Covington & Burling, Seyfarth Shaw and Goodwin Procter.
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