Goldin Finance 117

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Goldin Finance 117, also known as China 117 Tower, is a skyscraper under construction in Tianjin, China. The tower is expected to be 597m with 117 stories. Construction began in 2008, and the building was scheduled to be completed in 2014, becoming the second tallest building in China, surpassing the Shanghai World Financial Center. Construction was suspended in January 2010. Construction resumed in 2011, with completion estimated in 2017. The building was topped out on September 8, 2015.DesignThe top was supposed to be a fin like shape. Many years later, the fin like shape was replaced by a diamond.Urban explorationIn 2015, two Russian and Chinese urban explorers climbed the tower and construction crane.In 2016, a Russian couple of Ivan Beerkus (Kuznetsov) and Angela Nikolau climbed the under-construction tower through stairs and climbed out to a crane on the tower's top. The climb video received over 600k views as of September 2016 and attracted worldwide media attention. It was claimed in the video that "No one has ever climbed it", which is apparently incorrect in view of the earlier climb in 2015.

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