In true 2017 fashion, the winning project by Brooklyn-based Office of Creative Research is a public data sculpture that showcases immigrants as the heart of New York City. “We Were Strangers Once, Too,” inspired by President Obama’s 2014 speech on immigration reform, went up this week in front of the TKTS booth and will be on display until early March. “We Were Strangers Once, Too,”the winner of the annual Times Square Valentines Competition, was inspired by President Obama’s 2014 speech on immigration reform. Brooklyn-based Office for Creative Research used 33 poles inscribed with public data to showcase foreigners role in the founding and developing success of New York City.