Chicago-style hot dog

545.5 million

Chicago-style hot dogs

Photo: Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune

 

Pencil

5,117

years’ worth of supplies for Chicago public schools

Photo: istockphoto

 

Construction horse

2,497

miles of resurfaced street

 

Grass

27

Maggie Daley Parks

 

El train

3.5

reconstructions of CTA rail lines

Photo: Courtesy of CTA

 

Willis Tower

1

Willis Tower, with a 590,000-square-foot addition

Photo: Courtesy of Willis Tower