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"We get thrown out of a lot of places," says Lini Ecker. The reason: her 59-year-old husband, who for 20 years has gone mostly barefoot. Writing for the New York Times...

But simply shunning footwear for good isn’t as simple as it sounds.

Joseph DeRuvo Jr.gave up on footwear over two decades ago, after getting painful bunions on his feet, and he has been walking around barefoot ever since.

The park’s conservancy and the city are studying the competition for space in roads used by pedestrians, bikers, runners and horse carriages.

Joseph DeRuvo Jr. has lived a mostly barefooted life for nearly two decades. The experience has given him a thick skin.