My husband cut our Bradford Pear waaaaay back!!!
So much so that it took the backhoe to remove the several branches that had been removed.
We'll now see how this 36 year old tree tolerates major surgery. I can already see that she is not going to bloom as well this Spring as in other years.

Here is last year when the Bradford Pear was in her full glory: https://pbase.com/britestar/image/167302903