Symbol of Sandy’s Wrath Razed in Union Beach

March 20, 2013

UNION BEACH — For more than 150 years, the Princess Cottage withstood hurricanes and floods, nor’easters and major snowstorms.

On Friday, it took a bulldozer about 15 minutes to complete the demolition job that superstorm Sandy failed to finish in October.

“To see my home away from home, which became my home, destroyed like this — it’s hard to take, it’s just hard to take,” said Jonathan Zois, who had lived in the Front Street house for about six months before Sandy’s arrival.