One of the few examples of an older more interesting building along Cannes’s waterfront is gone.

There seems little virtue in destroying interesting architecture, especially one with original wrought-iron balcony railings, high ceilings, old shutters.

Why not remodel a site like this?

The developer’s sign says the new offering will provide a private pool for two penthouse apartments – a treated-pool twenty metres from the Mediterranean.

Antibes has kept its past. Except for the Carlton, what historic buildings are left on Cannes’s waterfront?