 The Providence Public Library receives $700,000 a federal year mark today to help make needed infrastructure improvements. Repairs on historic buildings are incredibly expensive. Library Executive Director Jack Martin plans to use the money to open an interior courtyard for public use and to repair the gutters on the roof of the library, which dates to the year 1900. WPR wrote Business News. Stocks drifting mixed at this hour. The Dow off 43%, the Nasdaq up 32%.