Entente de principe entre la Ville et les propriétaires de l’Hôtel Le Concorde

Québec, le 23 janvier 2015 – La Ville de Québec et les propriétaires de l’Hôtel Le Concorde, représentés par M. Jean-Guy Sylvain, annoncent qu’ils ont convenu d’une entente de principe impliquant de modifier la réglementation d’urbanisme qui avait été adoptée au printemps 2014. La nouvelle réglementation préserverait la vocation hôtelière de l’immeuble, tout en permettant une conversion partielle à plus long terme sous forme résidentielle, dans l’éventualité où le marché ne puisse soutenir une opération hôtelière complète de l’édifice.

Les parties ont convenu de suspendre les procédures déposées par les propriétaires pour la durée de la mise en œuvre de l’entente de principe. Aucun autre commentaire ne sera émis par la Ville ou les propriétaires de l’Hôtel Le Concorde.

Rappelons qu’à l’hiver 2014, lors de la fermeture de l’Hôtel Le Concorde, sa possible conversion complète en résidence avait incité la Ville à adopter un règlement de contrôle intérimaire protégeant la vocation de l’hôtel, jusqu’à ce qu’une analyse plus poussée de la situation soit faite.

Un billet précédent en 2013

Joanie Chartrand
Rédactrice – MétéoMédia

Dimanche, janvier 18, 2015, 14:13 – La ville de Québec se classe dans le palmarès du New York Times des 52 endroits à visiter en 2015. Le journal a publié sa populaire liste «Places to Go» annuelle jeudi dernier. Squamish, en Colombie-Britannique, s’est également taillé une place.

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*40. Quebec City, Canada

N.H.L. team or not, the Quebec capital is scoring.
Long overshadowed by nearby Montreal, Quebec City is stocking up on attractions, and seeking an N.H.L. team to again call its own. To that end, the city has been building Quebecor Arena, a state-of-the-art stadium costing an estimated $400 million to open before the 2015 season. It may take years to score an N.H.L franchise, but even without a big-time team to cheer, the capital of Quebec — and French Canada — has many new draws to keep visitors entertained, from the newly hip St.-Roch neighborhood to innovative restaurants serving nouveau Québécois cuisine to rival its neighbor’s finest. INGRID K. WILLIAMS

What $750,000 Buys You in New York City

Marie Asselin

As an insatiably curious person, I never could settle on just one project at a time—I’m a translator, writer, graphic designer, and artistic director of an online food magazine. The fact that I can’t sit still also explains why I love traveling so much, which provides me endless inspiration for my food and travel blog, Food Nouveau. At home, when I’m not in the kitchen trying out new dishes, I’m usually out exploring my Quebec City’s ever-growing culinary scene.

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The Australian
Battlegrounds, beluga and Buffalo Bill

STEP BACK IN TIME

THE historic heart of Old Quebec is a warren of lively streets and ancient fortifications evoking its tumultuous past as a strategic prize in the struggle between England and France for supremacy in North America. The lower town below the city walls is the oldest section, where the explorer Samuel de Champlain founded the city in 1608. The site of his fur trading post is dominated by the Place Royale, a cobbled square surrounded by stone houses with steeply sloping roofs in 18th-century Norman style. A museum on the square has an interesting large-scale model of the city in the 17th century. Look out for an impressive trompe-l’oeil fresco on a nearby building, depicting the city’s history from de Champlain to modern-day hockey players.

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* Merci au journal Le Soleil

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Source: Société Historique de Québec sur sa page Facebook

Quebec in summertime

Aujourd’hui, nous partageons avec vous un court film (10 min.). Il a été réalisé en 1949 par la Metro Goldwyn Mayer, et en couleurs. Il est en anglais, mais les images à elles seules en valent le coup. On nous présente la ville de Québec, mais également la côte de Beaupré, Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, l’île d’Orléans, Sainte-Adèle, Montréal, Tadoussac et le lac Saint-Jean. Un magnifique retour en arrière, il y a 65 ans. Nos remerciements à Louis Pelletier de nous avoir transmis ce court-métrage.

Condé Nast Traveler

Keith Bellows
Editor in Chief
National Geographic Travel

When I was growing up, Quebec City was something of an also-ran compared to Montreal, its brasher, more idiosyncratic sibling and my hometown. My family would often drive the 150 miles up the St. Lawrence River to Quebec City, and as a kid I recall coming away a little underwhelmed. It seemed so dutiful and reserved next to the “sin city,” as Montreal was known. Sure, Quebec City could lay claim to a marginally more storied history—symbolized by the star-shaped Citadelle and the once bloody Plains of Abraham, where the British and French clashed over control of what would become Canada. But next to Montreal it lacked panache.

No more. These days the cities have reached a comfortable détente over which has the most to offer. They are simply different. Quebec City’s warren of cobblestone streets, hulking Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, and Upper and Lower Towns are backdrop to its francophone fashion shops, chansons echoing off centuries-old cut-stone buildings, and air heavy with thick Québécois accents—a combination that’s unique in all North America. The food has gone from pedestrian to a superbly traditional force of gustatory nature (many dishes draw on local ingredients).

When it turned 400 years old in 2008, Quebec City also seemed to turn a corner. Now it is a truly modern city with old bones. My advice: Learn a little French, try it out on the residents, and you’ll enter a world where the locals will help you unlock the keys to street-level Old France.

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Pamela MacNaughtan est une journaliste de voyage. De tous les endroits qu’elle a visité, c’est Québec qu’elle a décidé d’appeler « maison ».

My desire to explore the world has not waned, I don’t think that is even possible, but my desire to have a place to return to after a trip and unwind is growing stronger. And I am so excited that Québec City is going to be that place.

Voir le billet sur savoirfaireabroad.

New York Times
Blane Bachelor

Known for its stately European charm and rich history, Canada’s oldest city turns into a sporty traveler’s paradise in the winter.

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