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Tim Krepp

Tim is The Hill is Home's resident curmudgeon. He is a tour guide and the author of two books, Capitol Hill Haunts and Ghosts of Georgetown, as well as shorter pieces which have appeared in the Washington City Paper, Huffington Post, and other outlets. He also maintains, and very occasionally updates, the blog DC Like a Local, which seeks to provide useful tips to Washington’s visitors. Recently, Tim was a happily unsuccessful candidate for the D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, and takes an active interest in improving his community. Tim lives on Capitol Hill with his wife, Denise, and two daughters.

The Best Pitcher You've Never Heard Of – Maime "Peanut" Johnson

All too often I hear about something getting named, dig into the person we’re supposed to be honoring, and find out that it’s just some middle manager who has successfully pulled the right lever for thirty five years. Not so for the field at Rosedale Recreation Center at 19th and F Streets Northeast. On Tuesday, […]

How the Schools of Capitol Hill got their names – Payne Elementary

So much of Washington, DC’s history is bound in the inexorable discussion of race, and our schools are no different. As no doubt the vast majority of you know, Washington, DC’s schools were segregated for much of our history; both because our Congressional overlords deemed it so and because, frankly, few white residents felt it […]

How the Schools of Capitol Hill got their Name: Lovejoy School

Night had come to the town of Alton, Illinois and a crowd began to gather in the darkness. Some of the men stooped to gather stones. Others fingered the triggers of the guns they carried as they made their way to a warehouse on the banks of the Mississippi River. Such begins a report from […]

How the Schools of Capitol Hill got their Name: Peabody Elementary

The next school in our installment came upon it’s name through a somewhat circuitous route. Built in 1879, Peabody Elementary was named to honor George Peabody, an early American financier and noted philanthropist. Peabody made a sizable fortune working with the father of J.P. Morgan, issuing securities and other instruments backing the explosion of railroads […]

Combating Juvenile Violence – From the Personal to the Practical

For those of you who subscribe to the Police Department’s First District listserv, you may already know that two juveniles were arrested last Friday in at least some degree of connection with the rock throwing incident that I first wrote about two weeks ago. I’m personally grateful to the timely intervention of two MPD officers, […]