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More than six months ago, glass rained down in Downtown Austin. Panes of glass from the W Hotel fell and shattered, damaging at least five vehicles.

On Friday, we received our first look at what the glass replacements on the balconies will look like.

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Austin's title as the live music capital of the world is a treasured part of Austin's persona, alongside being "weird." (via Regent Property Group)

While Tour de Vin has been a fall staple of Austin's wine calendar for years, the ninth edition might prove unrecognizable to attendees later this week.

For starters, the longtime venue of Whole Foods Rooftop has been switched to the swanky confines of the W Hotel Austin - which will certainly have better air conditioning.

The event's running time has also been extended to three hours.

Before glass started raining down from the W Hotel, I spent some time waiting outside of it to gain entry...

(via Chicksters)

Lavaca, Guadalupe and South First Street Bridge will reopen.

Traffic lanes closed until further notice due to falling glass.

The pedestrian barricades along Lavaca & 2nd Street are gone, and the W Hotel is looking damn fine. (via Downtown Austin Blog)

According to the developers, plans for Block 21 -- the large second street development featuring the W Hotel & Residences -- have been revised to include 35,000 feet of office space.

Assuming that the size of the project remains the same, office space will account for about 3.5% of the planned one million square foot multi-use project.

This is the first new office space to be added downtown in a few years

The project update also included the following new facts:

- The W Hotel & Condo plans remain unchanged.

The W Hotel & Residences continues to make progress. They are now actively selling units ad have completed nearly 200 meetings for the 206 planned units in the 36 story tower.

Supposedly, they have taken firm reservations for somewhere between 20-35% of the units.