Applications folder is invisible - how do I make it visible?

Applications folder no longer shows in MacIntosh HD finder but is still available in finder sidebar. How do I restore the Applications folder to the MacIntosh finder window?

I tried to follow this part of the instructions:
Apple has recognized the problem of the home folder becoming invisible and has a new Knowledge Base Article giving a brand new Terminal command to fix it. This brings us to the good news: in Leopard the change flags (chflags) command has been modified so that it now will set a Finder "hidden" flag (and unset it too, of course), as it will change the visible bit. The command can be used on drives and folders, and is available whether you have installed Developer Tools or not. Thus to change the hidden flag, or set the invisible bit back to visible on your home folder, you would issue this command:
chflags nohidden /Users/yourshortname
Specifically I copied the command, opened Terminal, clicked on new command, pasted the command, substituted my shortname, and clicked run. Unfortunately the folder, "Applications" is still hidden. Am I doing what I should?

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