During my morning walk I was aghast to see the hedge being removed from the west end of Ives park (along Jewell Ave and Willow street in Sebastopol). It looked so barren and exposed!
I checked in with the workers who told me they were being removed because they crowded the sidewalk and the handicapped couldn't get through. However they are going to plant a new hedge set back from the sidewalk a bit more. So it should be OK, after a few years...