Hooff's Run

Hooff’s Run is one of the major geographic features of Rosemont,  even though it is now mostly hidden from view.  In the early 19th century it was reportedly navigable, but by the time Rosemont began to develop it was better known as a source of flooding – and sometimes as an open drain.  Once East Rosemont developed in the 1920s, Hooff’s Run was culverted and a separate sewer installed, and complaints became less common – but flooding remained and remains an issue. This photo shows an inundated East Linden Street in 1922.