The parish seat is still one city
Gretna’s city hall does not mean every West Bank roof is a Gretna roof. Terrytown, Harvey, and Marrero are outside the city limits and use Jefferson Parish permits. Algiers is Orleans Parish. We ask for the city because the permit desk and the housing stock both change at the line.
Old Gretna’s cottages carry the same problems as other nineteenth-century roofs: short ridges, open valleys, and wood that has been wet at the eaves. The newer streets are architectural shingles on simpler hips. We do not order one package for both.
