Missing Sites folder - apache

I have had a few problems with the apache built into mac but I think I am closer to the answer, I think I have some how deleted the user/yorkichadwick/Sites folder which is why I get site not found on server.
The Sites folder is still there but I realised all this when I did a ls -ld ~/Sites/
and I was told
ls: /Users/yorkiechadwick/Sites/: No such file or directory
How can I replace this missing directory?

Thank you, I had been getting advice from so many forums and really thought I had screwed up apche until today when I came acroos this error. I till had a sites folder but it wasn't working who would have thought that such a simple solution would be to create a new sites folder and just shift the files. It is a miracle it worked. So much for all the command line, terminal tapping investigation everyone had been pointing me to.

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