Here’s an excellent example of what my former business partner, the late Paul Royko, called Toronto Bonzai. City foresters cut pathways through the foliage to accommodate ubiquitous hydro wires.
Royko was an enthusiastic bonzai practitioner on his own and even edited a newsletter on the subject. Of course, his tree sculpting was on the more traditional, small scale. I don’t think he was very impressed with the large scale practice. Not really beautiful, is it?