Dawn redwood
Sycamore

*Dawn Redwood*
Thornless Honeylocust

Dax

I like Dawn Redwood idea
Sycamores have spiny messy balls

you could also try DED-resistant elms, silver maple (largish seeds and not close to the house), various willows (not close to house), various poplar trees (some like Cottonwood are fairly messy, but many are not, eg Aspen), birch, yellow poplar (a little messy)

I'd choose Freeman maple (red x silver hybrid, like Autumn Blaze, Autumn Fantasy, Firefall, or Marmo) over a pure Silver, Corkball.

If it's elms ya be hankerin for, I like the "Triumph" cultivar, developed at your state's own Morton Arboretum.

+oM

Autumn Blaze is over planted, but they sure do grow fast and look awesome in the fall. I still like my hackberries, but some grow fast and others much slower in the same block.

Pure silver maples have their place. I miss mine for sure. But over houses.....

"Unfortunately the last batch of storms gave my monster 100+ year-old pin oak tree a beating, causing it to lean unsafely towards my neighbor's house."

Are such windstorms fairly common? I'm think if you often get winds strong enough to hammer a big oak, then you should NOT get a weak wooded tree (e.g.: true Poplars like Cottonwood, or a Silver Maple).

In fact, another oak of some sort (likely the red oak group) might be a good balance between size, growth rate and strength of wood.

Pin oak are famous for sending limbs down too low for yards.

I wonder how a Shumard oak would do in your area?

Are acorns unacceptable to you?

Richard.