Sugar Hill Creamery

Studio Marlowe designed a playful space that became a twist on the classic ice cream parlor. Smooth curves and soft arches blend ceiling and wall, and contrast the sharp diagonals of a herringbone pattern which run along a custom bar and banquette. While the hand laid penny tiles pay a nostalgic homage, the Scandinavian inspired furniture and lighting invoke a modern sensibility. Inspired by a textural scoop of ice cream, Studio Marlowe treated the underside of the arches with a rough popcorn plaster. Studio Marlowe also re-designed the storefront, including a service window which serves coffee in the early morning hours when the rest of the shop is closed, and a full height bi-folding window which opens onto historic Lenox Avenue. The arches frame artwork by Raul Ayala of real Harlem residents