Metrolinx is razing the group of 20 properties along the west side of Pape Avenue spanning both north and south of Cosburn Avenue following a controversial move to expropriate the buildings last year. The buildings will be replaced by the new underground Cosburn Station on the forthcoming Ontario Line, a 15-stop, 15.6-kilometre subway route set to connect Don Mills and Eglinton with Exhibition Place via downtown Toronto. Local photographer Kotsy took to the skies over the doomed stretch of Pape with a drone to capture the first signs of teardown activity. The many businesses displaced to make way for Cosburn station included George's BBQ Chicken & Ribs, Coin Laundry Cleaners, Phyllo Cafe, C Market European Deli, Subway, Pharmasave Pape Medical and Pape Fruit Market, among others. Metrolinx projections state that approximately 10,300 people will be within walking distance of Cosburn Station by 2041.