. >> reporter: ivy city owes the origins to the railroads. b & o brought a railroad here. new york avenue and the industrial character largely define most people's notion of the area. travel down one of these streets and go back in town. ivy city was becoming increasingly african-american. >> at this time, it was like a little village. >> reporter: this school was built as a colored school. it was named for alexander crumb el, a saint in the church. the building and heritage was a source of pride to the city. she was a student there. >> i ended upcoming back to teach at the school. >> reporter: they say it was a community school before the term. >> the neighborhood people were very cooperative and supportive. it was a wonderful time i had here. >> reporter: since the closing in the '60s, the school fell into disrepair. alumni gather and pray this building will be put to use again in a community left with few amenities. >> this is a historical place. >> reporter: they are encouraged by what's happening in ivy city. change is in the air. there are those that are concerned as

this is the ivy city area. these are the cultivation centers. this is a dispensary. it will give you an idea of the kind of perspective that these folks are looking at. the health department is in charge of determining who will actually get a license. it had announced it would start deciding who would get the ten cultivation licenses and five dispensary licenses within the next month. we've been told by sources that they've missed some of their internal deadlines, which may force the agency to push back their final decision. jim, wendy. >> all right. tisha, thank you. >>> a 66-year-old virginia man is charged tonight with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing of his estranged wife in louden county today. that stabbing happened around 8:30 this morning in the 39000 block of route 50 in aldi, virginia. investigators believe matthew parker went to the home of his 61-year-old estranged wife and attacked her with a knife. she's being treated for life-threatening injuries this evening. parker is being held without bond. >>> fairfax county police have raided severa

ivy take -- taken down. >> there is no way to know if crime happens there. >> the city agrees. >> mary is the director of operations, and he sent crews to start clearing the fences as soon as he brought it to his attention. >> when they are walking there they can see everything. >> the bridge and the land around it is jointly managed by dpw and cal trans. but this time dpw is taking the lead. they were sent to clean up the graffiti, and he promises to bring in other agencies to address the homeless camp. >> we do the best we can with what we have. and we try and be as responsive to the public as we can be. >> with less money his department is often forced to do triage instead of preventative work in many neighborhoods across the city. >> because we are not able to do routine planned maintenance for things like this due to resources. >> lori says when it comes to safety, some projects need to stay a priority. >> and i am hoping that my child will be able to have a clean bridge and some folks will have a clean place to sleep. >> that was dan noyes reporting. >> if you have a problem that needs fixing, up load your vi

ivy taken down. >> everything is covered up. there is no way to know if crime happens there. >> the city agreed. the director of operations at department of public works sent crews to start clearing fences as soon as we brought it to his attention. >> so people would feel comfortable and see everything that is there. >> the bridge and land around it is jointly managed by dpw and caltrans but this time, dpw is taking the lead. there was a crew sent to paint and clean up garbage of the he promise tosz bring in other agencies to address homeless camp. >> we dot best we can with what we have. and trying to be as responsive to the public as we can be. >> with less money, the department is often forced to do triage instead of work in many neighborhoods across the sti we're not able to do routine plans for things like this. so due to resource autos laurie says whit comes to safety, some projects need to stay a priority. >> i'm hoping that my child will be able to have a clean bridge and folks will have a clean space to sleep. >> as it often does, it comes down to money and how much they can keep throwi

city labor council that is an umbrella for more than. unions and the reason these people say they're out on the street is that they are frustrated and fed up with the ivy konami smarr and even from the rich and poor they see with more than fourteen million americans unemployed at the moment the one percent the richest one percent america has tripled its wealth in the past thirty years what this shows is that the eyes sentiments that have kept by the occupy wall street movement over the past two months are now being voiced by labor unions at a larger scale i did see a lever union story in occupy wall street a month or so ago but that turnout was not as large as this one the people taking for misspent are walking around with signs that say we are the ninety nine percent are the backbone and the working class of the united states that is being ignored. for us this country and as you can see it's a nationally because the people who are making making decisions now with little we have. to go come out. and make sure that we're so heard. mission were caught every day. in that we don't even have to make these to grow up together. looks like you're not the only