THE COMMUNITY THAT SOCCER BUILT
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
Louisville?s Liberty Field is an urban destination for everyone?especially refugees.
FROM THE FEBRUARY 2018 ISSUE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE.
Louisville, Kentucky, has long been linked with sports. Some know it as the home of the Kentucky Derby, others as the birthplace of the Louisville Slugger. But in recent years it?s become a city of soccer. In part, Louisville?s embrace of soccer follows national trends?soccer?s popularity has grown steadily since the 1990s?but it is also the result of decades of refugee resettlement. According to the Pew Research Center, in 2016, Kentucky had twice as many refugees (individuals who have experienced or have reason to fear persecution based on their race, religion, or nationality) resettled per capita as the national average. This demographic shift inspired the creation of Liberty Field, a pop-up soccer pitch converted from an unused parking lot in the city?s Phoenix Hill neighborhood. The project, led by City Collaborative, a nonprofit urban research and design laboratory, is an attempt to better serve a population that is often overlooked. Patrick Piuma, a cofounder of City Collaborative, says he?s been troubled by the xenophobia that has become increasingly visible in many American communities. ?The fastest-growing segment of our population is refugees and immigrants,? he says. ?How do we humanize each other" Soccer seemed like the kind of thing that would attract people from all over.?
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