IND.I.A. SPA’S BIRTHDAY

Ind.i.a is a company as solid as steel, the kind of steel which proclaims history, passion, difficulties, and progression at the same time. It is made up of a group of companies which all started and began 40 years ago.

Back in 1971, Arch. Bruno Gonzato started the company, Ind.i.a, to produce amphibian means of transport. Ind.i.a, with the initial letters coming from the Italian name Industria Italiana Anfibi, later was changed to Arteferro.

To sponsor this business he first started producing wrought iron scrolls, which is a very common item throughout the Vicenza area.

Within a very short period, Bruno Gonzato realized that his business is much more fascinating that he could have ever imagined, and decided to start investing in this market. Following his instinct, the art and passion of wrought iron was able to transmit.

Ind.i.a has grown through much experience and magnitude to become a group of 22 subsidiaries worldwide, all producing and distributing components, forgings, and finished products of wrought iron and stainless steel through three different name brands: IND.I.A, II Grande Fabbro, and Arteferro Inox.

The expansion has not undermined the love for tradition which marks out this ancient art. To this day Arch. Bruno Gonzato still considers himself a craftsman rather than a major manufacturer, always running his company looking for innovation and design.

He is helped by his wife Stefania, whom is also an architect and designer, as well as his daughter Francesca and sons Matteo, Davide, Dario, and son-in-law Andrea. Through the will of letting second generation grow in managing the industry, it sets a solid base for the future and grants continuity of the company’s philosophy and quality of the brand Ind.i.a.

Vandals strike Anthony rest stop

By Ashley Meeks

The Anthony, N.M., Welcome Center was closed most of Thursday after vandals covered it in apparent gang graffiti and attempted to set fires in some of the structures, according to law enforcement.

A Doña Ana sheriff’s deputy discovered the damage to the Interstate 10 rest stop just after 9 p.m. Wednesday, noting the suspects kicked in a wrought-iron gate, broke an interior door, threw travel pamphlets into a fountain and tagged a gang moniker on trash cans, walls, doors and hallways.

“That’s a significant deal of damage,” said Capt. Rich Libicer, of the New Mexico State Police, the agency tasked with patrolling highways. “There weren’t any facilities that weren’t damaged in some way. The damage was so extensive, and the vandalism was so extensive, that they had to shut it down to make minimal repairs and cleanup so that people could get services.”

The New Mexico Department of Transportation did not return a call for comment on the damages Thursday.

Gang members are assumed to be behind the destruction, and anyone with any information on the damage or other criminal activity in the area is urged to come forward to law enforcement, said Sheriff Todd Garrison.

“We’re trying to work on those issues down there, but we can’t be everywhere, see everything,” Garrison said. “I’m sure people in that area really are tired of the tagging and just – the criminal damage to the property that’s occurring down there. Give us an opportunity to follow up; give us the opportunity to hold these people accountable and make it stop.”

The state police Street Crimes Unit will also start looking into it and will do “anything we can,” Libicer added. “That’s a significant amount of property damage, plus the man hours and equipment and paint (it will take to fix it) … If people have information and they’re not willing to come to us, their tax dollars are just going to keep going to these kids of repairs.”

Callers can remain anonymous.

“It’s unfortunate,” Libicer said of the damage, “but we’re looking into it. We’re taking it seriously. It’s a huge amount of property damage. Unfortunately, taxpayers in New Mexico are going to have to pay for it, but we’d like to find who’s responsible. If we do, they’ll be charged.

from lcsun-news.com

Stylish Modern 2 prices not lofty

By Paul Restuccia

The Modern 2, a high-end, six-story development on the border of the South End and Lower Roxbury, won’t be finished until July, but 11 units are already reserved.

This stylish 37-unit building, a companion to the 25-unit Modern, to which it’s attached, has just hit the market and is drawing young professionals looking to live in the South End without paying a premium to buy in this desirable neighborhood.

The location, a block up on the Lower Roxbury side of Massachusetts Avenue and across from the Piano Factory artist building, is keeping the prices in this new complex reasonable. One-bedrooms run from $399,000 to $495,000 and average around 800 square feet, and two bedrooms, averaging 1,200 square feet, start at $499,000 and run up to $649,000 for top-floor units with great city views. There are also seven units on the first and second floor reserved for artists, which will be sold through a lottery.

While the exteriors of both buildings are similar, the interiors of the Modern 2 are designed to be more stylish, warmer and more contemporary than its next-door sister.

The Modern 2 features a beige cast-stone exterior with wrought-iron balconies and floor-to-ceiling windows throughout. There’s a garage on the first floor, with spaces on lifts costing anywhere from $23,000 for a spot on a top lift to $30,000 for a floor-level (lower lift) space.

There’s a 4,000-square-foot common roof deck with a bathroom and built-in gas grill that affords great views of the Back Bay, South End and Roxbury’s Fort Hill.

We took a look at the complex’s just-opened model condo, Unit 310, an 810-square-foot front-facing one-bedroom space that’s on the market for $399,000.

This stylish condo features engineered espresso hardwood floors throughout the living areas, floor-to-ceiling windows and a sliding door out to a private wrought-iron balcony. The big draws for the unit are the high-end finishes and fixtures and the open kitchen, dining and living area.

The condo opens into a hallway, with closets that hold a coat/storage closet, a white Bosch washer and dryer and a utility room that holds the unit’s forced-hot-air by gas heating and cooling system and water heater.

The 11-by-7-foot galley kitchen really pops, with high-end finishes such as the chocolate-colored quartz-based Celador counters and island. There’s a striped laminate backsplash and 14 custom cabinets with high-gloss white finishes. Overhead lighting includes pendant lamps. High-end stainless steel appliances include a side-by-side Samsung refrigerator with a large bottom freezer drawer, Frigidaire Professional dishwasher and Frigidaire four-burner gas stove with a built-in microwave above.

The adjacent 18-by-14-foot dining/living area has two floor-to-ceiling windows and a sliding glass door out to a small, but private, wrought-iron balcony.

Off the living/dining area sits the unit’s carpeted 14-by-10-foot bedroom with a floor-to-ceiling window, track lighting and a large double-door closet.

The adjacent 10-by-8-foot bathroom is luxuriant, with white Italian Bianco Dolomiti granite floors and surround for a stylish kidney-shaped soaking tub. There are contemporary-looking Moen and Kohler fixtures and a white, quartz-based Celador-topped high-gloss vanity.

The finishes in the model unit will be featured throughout the building. The higher-up units, particular in the rear of the building, have great city views, but all owners will be able to enjoy the views from the common roof deck.

Another plus to the building will be the low condo fees, which include heat and hot water in a 62-unit condo association that combines the two buildings. The estimated fee for Unit 310 is just $281 a month.

from news.bostonherald.com

Police looking to reunite stolen gates with owner

IT is not the usual stolen item that police have to reunite with its owner.

Normally it is a power drill or a pushbike.

Winchester police have a set of wrought iron gates and five aluminium milk churns, recently recovered in a raid on Thursday, March 31 at Upham near Bishop’s Waltham.

PC Stuart Turner, of Winchester Priority Crime Team, said: “This warrant was executed as part of our ongoing effort to stamp out thefts from the local rural community. Numerous articles have been seized by officers that are believed to have been stolen and we are keen to find their owners.

“We don’t normally get wrought iron gates. They are quite distinctive, with red roses and gold spikes on the top.”

The raid in Alma Lane, in which a 30-year-old man was arrested, was conducted by officers from the Priority Crime Team, the Safer Neighbourhoods Team and Countrywatch.

The man has been released on bail until May 26.

from hampshirechronicle.co.uk

Garden gates

HOME to countless celebrations, events and fundraisers, the George Pentland Botanic Gardens has a stunning new entrance.

The new gate is designed by artist David Murphy and is based on the banksia plant, a flowering relative of the garden’s logo.

Murphy was free to choose the materials and design of the gate and he opted for stainless steel, replacing the wrought-iron used for the pre-existing entrances.

The gardens were converted from a golf course in 1975 and named after George Pentland, who served in local council from 1939 until 1975, including as shire secretary and town clerk. He also played a prominent role in the establishment of Frankston as its own city in 1966.

Murphy hopes the new gates will be instantly recognisable to the local users of the park.

The gates are on Foot Street near Hastings Road.

The gardens are open from 7am-6pm April to October, and from 7am-9pm November to March.

from hastings-leader.whereilive.com.au