Watching The Effects Of The Economic Collapse From Yankee Stadium

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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New York City has been battered and bruised by the economic crisis, but now the Yankees are headed to the World Series. In a season at the team's new ballpark, built for $1.5 billion at the height of the city's real estate boom, David Samuels watches the effects of the collapse from the cheap seats in the right field.

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