What happened to the "Address Book" bookmark in Safari?

After yesterday's Safari update I no longer have an <Address Book> bookmark in Safari.  This bookmark used to link all of the URL's in my Contact's list and sort them nicely in order.
http://macgroup.org/blog/2010/01/21/address-book-and-safari-gems/

Do we know why?
This was an incredibly useful feature for me.
Maverick's overall adoption of the 'Less Is More' attitude is on the one hand refreshing but on the other hand a backward step in usability.
I no longer have quick and easy access to my friends' and clients' websites unless I bookmark them all. This will be a duplication of information. I will have to update two areas whenever I add a new contact (and I'm not even able to sync that without submitting my private and confidential information through iCloud these days).
This just doesn't make any sense to me.
This is the first OS upgrade on which I am very seriously considering reverting to the previous one.
I've delivered my latest gripe to Apple here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
http://www.apple.com/feedback/safari.html

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