The Waldman Building

Demolished 2024

In 1957, Victor Lundy designed a two-story commercial building for Harry and Esther Waldman. Construction of The Waldman Building was completed in early 1958. The building included retail space, offices, and a large dance studio/ballroom, originally occupied by Arthur Murray Dance Studios. The two-story main elevation faces east and is broken into three bays with solid floor to ceiling glass which wraps around to half of the side elevations. The two second floor outside bays protrude outward from the first floor. The northerly bay is square while the bay to the south, housing the dance studio is in the form of a half circle. The walls on the rear half of the building are stacked Ocala block.

The building has suffered from long-term deferred maintenance and is currently vacant. The property was purchased this year by CPP OPA-LOCKA LLC as a part of a consolidation of all parcels on the block with the intention of demolishing and redeveloping the property.

Update: January 2024

The Waldman Building was demolished. You can visit it on Google Maps street-view as of October, 2025.

The work of a master architect reduced to a pile of rubble.

If you have the stomach for it, you can watch it come down.