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advertisementby michael t. luongo nov. 24, 2010the stunning belle-époque building that houses the museo de arte tigre in the tigre delta of argentina opened as a social club a century ago, when rich bohemians would visit the region to give themselves a respite from buenos aires. the building eventually fell into disuse before reopening as a museum in 2006, newly refurbished with marble, bronze and stained glass as part of a municipal improvement project.its fortunes in many ways mirror those of the delta, 45 minutes by train from buenos aires. the area has been rediscovered by the leisure class that abandoned it for beachier getaways, leaving behind their imprint in the paintings they created that hang in the museum.?there are three places in buenos aires which are changing, which everyone is talking about,? said diana saiegh, the director of the museo de arte tigre. 'san telmo, palermo viejo, and now, tigre. the most rich people of buenos aires have come here.?
