Architect Robert A.M. Stern will work as a consultant to the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront development. Comment.

Rejected! Comment.

Atlantic Yards: A petty snub by the borough president or a show of respect for his mother — you decide. Comment.

Chase bank has pulled out of deal to open a branch in a converted DUMBO industrial building owned by the same developer whose Greenpoint warehouse burnt down last week in a suspicious fire. Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: Sahara Meer is still angry. Place a copy of Bruce Ratner’s recent Atlantic Yards mailing on the table, and she’ll put her handbag over it. Show her the pictures of happy Brooklynites smiling for Ratner’s cameras and she’ll cringe. Comment.

Smartmom: Last week, Hepcat woke Smartmom at midnight. Comment.

One people’s celebration is another people’s catastrophe. Comment.