Several parishes, one side of the river
The Crescent City Connection puts downtown New Orleans and Gretna a few minutes apart and in different permit offices. Jefferson Parish permits the unincorporated West Bank. The cities of Gretna and Westwego permit themselves. St. Bernard Parish permits Chalmette, Arabi, Meraux, and Violet. Plaquemines Parish permits Belle Chasse. Orleans Parish permits Algiers. We do not pull one parish-wide permit and hope it sticks.
The houses are closer to each other than the permits are. Most are asphalt hips on slab ranches. Old Gretna and Algiers Point add cottages. Belle Chasse and lower St. Bernard add coastal wind. Use the city page for the address. This page is the map.
