Saw some cool trees in San Francisco GGP. I want mine to look like them

Trees at the bandstand looked awesome, so here are mine.

 Liquidambar pollards.

Can I cut them all off without using a ladder?

This was such a beautiful Japanese maple. Then the house sold and the new owners were looking for a new look. Nice look!

This one spurred me to write the blog

Owners of a large Monterey Cypress tree was heavily damaged this past winter and while waiting to hire someone to take it down they took it upon themselves to protect their house from a Betula pendula.

Drop crotch - nope.