But warm weather also means the homeless are far more visible - a sad, glaring reminder of official neglect.
But it is the most heavily used in the city, and its flaws are the result of official neglect.
Instead, he sees it as a tragedy that wouldn't have happened if official neglect hadn't left Wilkins homeless and desperate.
And she added, "The official neglect of our children fills me with despair all year round."
Yet a fair reading of recent history suggests an intolerable level of official neglect.
Their decay sends a powerful message of official neglect, if not contempt.
But decades of official neglect make it far from clear that they can survive.
Periods of attention were followed by long phases of official neglect.
He had pledged to overcome eight years of official neglect of the environment.
Yet it also revealed distressing official neglect for the personal concerns of military men and women.