Vanishing Act

NPR

Published December 21, 2001 at 12:00 AM EST

Al's Magic Shop, a Washington, D.C., institution for several decades, is closing shop. Proprieter Al Cohen is revered by the world's top magicians as the greatest demonstrator of magic tricks alive.

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