Comparing walk-ways of 2017 to those of 1411

Gloucester Quays shopping precinct above and in the extras, the Great Cloister at Gloucester Cathedral.
We may now have the warmth, convenience and modernity, but in my humble opinion I don't believe that we have anything like the jaw-dropping impact that our ancestors left us. And I doubt that anything we construct now will still be around in 600 year's time.