The image below says it all. No respect for book and learning. Hell, they don't even consider the books worth stealing.
Detroit has lost half of it’s population since the 50’s which is why so many buildings stand abandon.
No need to move the books, the other libraries are already full.
Even if the church is paid for... if there are not enough in the collection plate (not enough bodies in the pews) to pay for the minister, the heat and the lights... it gets abandoned.
the theater with the minivan parked inside was used in an episode of Detroit 187 (tv drama)