Robert Rauschenberg’s New York Home Now Open by Appointment

The late 1960s home of artist Robert Rauschenberg, newly renovated and staffed with a team of archivists, is now open for appointment for those wishing to see inside.Rauschenberg purchased the 10-story building at 381 Lafayette Street in 1965. Situated between Manhattan’s NoHo and SoHo neighborhoods, it was originally constructed as a town house; in the early 1800s it became an orphanage, and later, a school. Though the school relocated to Staten Island in 1929, the convent and offices sta