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Canyon of Heroes will be flooded with Yankees' fans

Quick ReadThe Canyon of Heroes will be flooded with Yankee fans for the first time since 2000.

Nicole Libretta, 20, of Manalapan, N.J., cheers on

Photo credit: James Carbone | Nicole Libretta, 20, of Manalapan, N.J., cheers on the Yankees with other fans along Broadway near Battery Park. (Nov. 6, 2009)

The Canyon of Heroes is about to get flooded.

Confetti will fly and bells will peal as the Yankees make their way up Broadway this morning to collect their keys to the city and bask in the adoration of perhaps a million fans.

The stretch of lower Broadway between Battery Park and Chambers Street was once as well-worn as a pair of pinstripes, but it's been nine long years since the Bronx...

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