Regeneration of an urban town can often be piecemeal - focused on small areas of heritage value - a defibrillatory approach to bringing back a pulse of life into the community.
Over in Rochdale the council is taking a radical new approach by providing, quite literally, a stent to the urban heart of the town.
They plan to open up a significant length of the River Roch which was culverted over 100 years ago and now lies beneath a concrete forest of pilasters.
Yet, one fascinating thing remains - a medieval bridge. Dating to the C13th or early C14th it lies beneath, voussoirs resplendent against the concrete backdrop.
Revealing the river will bring new life and new purpose to a town hard hit by the recession.
I was asked to come along and photograph the journey to the medieval bridge and I did so with two cameras - one firmly sat on a tripod and the other attached to my helmet.
The results show a haunting journey through time, beyond the brutal concrete jungle, through the Victorian pop-rivets into a mysterious world of medieval structure revealed by the half-light.
Here is a mix of the pics from both cameras:
