This pool looks a competition pool from the 1930's and the caption beneath read as follows: "City Pool Oderberger Straße im Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin, Germany." I found this pool on a Flickr Photset page of abandoned pools worldwide; (Very depressing), and I suspected that the pool had some sort historical value significance so I looked it up.I decided to do some research and this pool is going to make a comeback. This from Wikipedia and it is a very sketchy translation:
“... it was built at the end of the 1890s, a "People's bathhouse. "
"... Ludwig Hoffmann began his plans 1897, 1899 started the construction work. In February 1902, the building, in the style of German Renaissance opened. All ornaments and sculptures were made by Otto Lessing.
"... [circa 2007] An exact date for the beginning of the rehabilitation work is still not known in the media were dates between autumn 2007 and 2008. ..." [Wiki Link]Flickr Photoset page of abandoned pools [Link]
Below is a beautiful image of the front door. Click to zoom in on the mermaids above the door:
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