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Tim Costello's, the drinking spot for generations of newspapermen and writers, has called it quits, succumbing to the fitness boom and the economic bust.
The bar, named for its owner Tim Costello, opened as a speakeasy in 1929, back when beer was a nickel and against the law, and the Third Avenue El was a noisy neighbor. It moved from 699 Third Ave. to its most recent location on East 44th Street in 1974, when chrome...