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In the early 1970s, any solution to counter road congestion was a good one. This postcard proposes a highly original one: an airport at the Château Frontenac! The hotel would use its own helicopter service to help guests avoid city traffic. The series of postcards to which this image belongs takes a humorous look at Quebec’s need to modernize.
1969 - 1972

Visionary Québec City: Back to the (city’s) future

The fertile human imagination is sometimes limited only by the means available to achieve its ambitions. Right here in Québec City, all kinds of visionary projects never did materialize. This album is inspired by the way the future, progress and science fiction were imagined in the early 1970s. Get a glimpse of a “future” Québec City through these old projects that never happened. Realistic or not? You be the judge! Do you have any memories of projects like this?

A helicopter to beat congestion

Auteur inconnu In the early 1970s, any solution to counter road congestion was a good one. This postcard proposes a highly original one: an airport at the Château Frontenac! The hotel would use its own helicopter service to help guests avoid city traffic. The series of postcards to which this image belongs takes a humorous look at Quebec’s need to modernize.
Chronoscope Can you comment on this image? (unilingual French for a limited time) Source: Ville de Québec Yves Beauregard Fonds P119 (unprocessed fonds but digitized image) - Date: 1969