Stefan (bamira) is right: It can't be a birch. No birch has bark that peels in that manner.
If the dark branch in the right background is from that tree, the growth pattern would match an Aesculas species (and would further discount birch or maple).
Aesculas glabra (Ohio Buckeye) are not commonly planted here, but they are not rare, either. They are completely winter hardy here (Minneapolis/St.Paul), unlike Paperbark maple.
Aesculas hippocastanum (Horse chestnut) grows here too, but it's less likely in the city/suburbs due to the pesky (and dangerous) thorny seed husks.
