The Hudson’s Bay Company building in downtown Calgary is still sitting vacant, prompting one national charity to classify it a Heritage Site at risk.

The National Trust for Canada, a charity focusing on encouraging communities to preserve old historic buildings across Canada, says there is a risk if the Calgary site is lacking a heritage designation — it could be left open to demolition and redevelopment.

A woman who was laid off from the Hudson’s Bay Company in June when the store shut its doors for good, is reflecting on its heritage.

“This building is so historical, so many memories for 100 years and more. So, we should keep it as a national heritage,” Spaska Urumova told CityNews.

The downtown location was originally finished in 1913 and expanded in 1930 and 1958.

One man tells Ci

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