A poor area of Pittsburgh popularly known as “The Strip” became Kane's home in 1929. Before this time he had focused on the city's industrial landscape. Across the Strip, painted the year of Kane’s move, depicts daily activity in the rundown district, complete with produce yards, factories and mills surrounded by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Allegheny River. Though many sites have been identified in Across the Strip, the exact location (or locations) from which Kane painted this work is difficult to determine because the buildings, including Kane's former dwelling, were destroyed in the 1970s. In constructing this work, Kane may have initially sketched multiple views on site, combining and adjusting them to create a single composite work in his studio. His careful process of assembly gives strength and unity to Kane’s depiction of his beloved city. This democratically additive vision, the hallmark of his style, places him squarely within the American folk tradition.